Promoting equity through integrated early child development and nutrition interventions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1308, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Black, Maureen M ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early child development; Equity; Integrated interventions; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EQUITY; INTEGRATED INTERVENTIONS; NUTRITION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; HUMANS;

EID: 84893115701     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12351     Document Type: Article

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