Will rising household incomes solve China's micronutrient deficiency problems?

Economics Bulletin

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Yi ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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