Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9610, 2008, Pages 411-416

  Hoddinott, John ^a   Maluccio, John A ^b   Behrman, Jere R ^c   Flores, Rafael ^d   Martorell, Reynaldo ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 38649125875     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60205-6     Document Type: Article

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