Achieving the Millennium Development Goals through mainstreaming nutrition: Speaking with one voice

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 537-539

  Darnton Hill, Ian ^a   Bloem, Martin W ^b   Chopra, Mickey ^c,d  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b World Food Programme   (Italy)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD;

HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33846829589     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006965     Document Type: Editorial

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