Gender Bias in Nutrient Intake: Evidence from Selected Indian States

South Asia Economic Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-299

  Lancaster, Geoffrey ^a   Ray, Ranjan ^a   Maitra, Pushkar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender Bias; India; JEL: C31; JEL: I12; JEL: O12; Nutrient Intake

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993705134     PISSN: 13915614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/139156140600700206     Document Type: Article

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