Sanitation, Disease Externalities and Anaemia: Evidence From Nepal

Economic Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 611, 2018, Pages 1395-1432

  Coffey, Diane ^a   Geruso, Michael ^a   Spears, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; CHILD HEALTH; DEFECATION; HEMOGLOBIN; NUTRITION; SANITATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 85026762100     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12491     Document Type: Article

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