The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction.

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Published in Matern Child Nutr on September 01, 2013

Authors

John Hoddinott1, Harold Alderman, Jere R Behrman, Lawrence Haddad, Susan Horton

Author Affiliations

1: Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.

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