Height, health, and inequality: The distribution of adult heights in India

American Economic Review

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Deaton, Angus ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; SEX FACTOR;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 44949111347     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.98.2.468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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