Household Income, Food Insecurity and Nutritional Status of Migrant Workers in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Chan Foong Mei; Erwin Martinez Faller; Lau Xiao Chuan; Jacklyn San Gabriel

doi:10.5334/aogh.2859

Household Income, Food Insecurity and Nutritional Status of Migrant Workers in Klang Valley, Malaysia

Annals of Global Health

Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1

By: Chan Foong Mei, Erwin Martinez Faller, Lau Xiao Chuan and Jacklyn San Gabriel

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|Aug 2020

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