The economic consequences of selected maternal and early childhood nutrition interventions in low- and middle-income countries: A review of the literature, 2000-2013

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Halim, Nafisa ^a   Spielman, Kathryn ^b   Larson, Bruce ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health (RMNCH) interventions; Maternal; Newborn; Reproductive

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MACRONUTRIENT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PROPHYLAXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; FOOD ASSISTANCE; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84928334704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-015-0189-y     Document Type: Article

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