Women's empowerment and nutrition status: The case of iron deficiency in India

Food Policy

Volumn 88, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Gupta, Soumya ^a   Pingali, Prabhu ^a   Pinstrup Andersen, Per ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture nutrition linkages; Anemia; Farming systems; India; Iron deficiency; Women's empowerment

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; BIOMARKER; EMPOWERMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; IRON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85072168141     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101763     Document Type: Article

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