Nutrient consumption and household income in rural Mexico

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 657-675

  Skoufias, Emmanuel ^a   Di Maro, Vincenzo ^b   González Cossío, Teresa ^c   Ramírez, Sonia Rodríguez ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^c Instituto Nacional Salud Pública de México   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calories; Carbohydrates; Fat; Folate; Income elasticity; Iron; Partially linear model; Protein; Vitamin A, Vitamin C; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; IRON; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT USE; PROTEIN; RURAL POPULATION; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ZINC;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350451949     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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