Economic and nutritional analyses offer substantial synergies for understanding human nutrition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-544

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Behrman, Jere R ^b   Hoddinott, John ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 33947138725     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/137.3.537     Document Type: Review

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