Choice not genes: Probable cause for the India-Africa child height gap

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 48, Issue 34, 2013, Pages 77-79

  Jayachandran, Seema ^a   Pande, Rohini ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84883581266     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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