Dietary diversity, food security and undernourishment: The vietnamese evidence

Asian Economic Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-247

  Mishra, Vinod ^a   Ray, Ranjan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dietarydiversity; Food security; Poverty line; Prevalence of undernourishment; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD SECURITY; LIVING STANDARD; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 67049136367     PISSN: 13513958     EISSN: 14678381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2009.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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