Nutrition and educational performance in rural China's elementary schools: Results of a randomized control trial in Shaanxi Province

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-772

  Luo, Renfu ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Liu, Chengfang ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^c   Sharbono, Brian ^c   Yue, Ai ^b   Zhao, Qiran ^a   Martorell, Reynaldo ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ANEMIA; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; STUDENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84860717240     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665606     Document Type: Article

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