Transfer payments, mothers' income and child health in Ecuador

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1126-1143

  León, Mauricio ^a   Younger, Stephen D ^b  

^a SIISE ^*

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548297408     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380701466708     Document Type: Article

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