Econometrics, Statistics And Computational Approaches In Food And Health Sciences

Econometrics, Statistics And Computational Approaches In Food And Health Sciences
ISBN-10
9814477729
ISBN-13
9789814477727
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
416
Language
English
Published
2006-11-03
Publisher
World Scientific
Author
Alok Bhargava

Description

This book is a compendium of Alok Bhargava's most important contributions in longitudinal econometric methods and its application to problems of food, nutrition and health. It demonstrates the usefulness of rigorous econometric and statistical methods in addressing issues of under-nutrition and poor child health in developing countries, as well as obesity in developed countries.The close connection between the issues and themes analyzed in disciplines such as economics, nutrition, psychology, demography, epidemiology and public health, provides a sound basis for the formulation of public policies.

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