The costs of stunting in South Asia and the benefits of public investments in nutrition

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-195

  Shekar, Meera ^a   Dayton Eberwein, Julia ^a   Kakietek, Jakub ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Economic productivity; Nutrition interventions; South Asia; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SCALE UP; SOUTH ASIA; STUNTING; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; DIET THERAPY; ECONOMICS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84968763923     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12281     Document Type: Article

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