Parental training, anemia and the impact on the nutrition of female students in China's poor rural elementary schools

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-167

  Wang, Yanling ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^a   Chang, Fang ^a   su, Xiaoqing ^a   Luo, Renfu ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^b   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children (age groups); China; Gender; Nutrition training; Parents; Primary schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860779820     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371211224746     Document Type: Article

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