The limits of health and nutrition education: Evidence from three randomized-controlled trials in rural China

CESifo Economic Studies

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-404

  Luo, Renfu ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Zhang, Huiping ^c   Miller, Grant ^d   Medina, Alexis ^e   Rozelle, Scott ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Health education; Primary school students; Rural China

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRITION; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; STUDENT; VITAMIN;

CHINA;

EID: 84861771359     PISSN: 1610241X     EISSN: 16127501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifs023     Document Type: Article

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