Estimates of child malnutrition in India

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 14-18

  Svedberg, Peter ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 79960496754     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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