Mother's education and children's nutritional status: New evidence from Cambodia

Asian Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-165

  Miller, Jane E ^a   Rodgers, Yana V ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 67749107971     PISSN: 01161105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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