Nutritional gains from extended exposure to a large-scale nutrition programme

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-703

  Galassoa, Emanuela ^a   Umapathib, Nithin ^a   Yauc, Jeffrey ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 80755168307     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejq041     Document Type: Article

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