A decade's story of childhood malnutrition inequality in China: Where you live does matter

China Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-154

  Chen, Zhuo ^a   Eastwood, David B ^b   Yen, Steven T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood malnutrition; China; Concentration index; Decomposition; Health inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947572323     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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