Cash Component of Conditional Cash Transfer Program Is Associated with Higher Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure in Adults
- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 138 (11) , 2250-2257
- https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.108.090506
Abstract
The cash component of Oportunidades, a large conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in Mexico, has previously been shown to be associated with betteKeywords
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