Nutrition and low-income families
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Children in food-insufficient, low-income families: prevalence, health, and nutrition status.
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1974
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19740013