Association between economic growth and early childhood nutrition

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2014, Pages e500-

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Haddad, Lawrence ^b   Headey, Derek D ^a   Smith, Lisa ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c TANGO International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD NUTRITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE;

EID: 84908461561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70266-9     Document Type: Letter

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