Effects of food price shocks on child malnutrition: The Mozambican experience 2008/2009

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-13

  Arndt, Channing ^a   Hussain, M Azhar ^b   Salvucci, Vincenzo ^c   ∅sterdal, Lars Peter ^d  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child malnutrition; Food prices; Inflation; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

FUEL;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOZAMBICAN; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; RURAL AREA; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMICS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMERCE; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLATION, ECONOMIC; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PREVALENCE; PROPENSITY SCORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 84960917768     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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