Maternal and Child Nutrition in Nepal: Examining drivers of progress from the mid-1990s to 2010s

Global Food Security

Volumn 13, Issue , 2017, Pages 30-37

  Cunningham, Kenda ^a   Headey, Derek ^b   Singh, Akriti ^c   Karmacharya, Chandni ^d   Rana, Pooja Pandey ^a  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nepal; Nutrition; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012878937     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2017.02.001     Document Type: Review

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