Saving lives: Evidence from a conditional food supplementation program

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1014-1052

  Meller, Marian ^a   Litschig, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b Barcelona)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CHILD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

ECUADOR;

EID: 84910597247     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: 15488004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/jhr.49.4.1014     Document Type: Article

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