Addressing Chronic Malnutrition through Multi-Sectoral, Sustainable Approaches: A Review of the Causes and Consequences

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Reinhardt, Kristina ^a,b   Fanzo, Jessica ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b United Nations REACH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

chronic malnutrition; growth failure; multi sector collaboration; nutrition sensitive; stunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85079419045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2014.00013     Document Type: Review

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