Economic growth and child undernutrition

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2016, Pages e901-e902

  O'Connell, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Caroline ^b  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; CHILD; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84999622264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30250-9     Document Type: Letter

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