Positive and negative deviance in growth of urban slum children in Bombay

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 323-336

  Merchant, Shameera S ^a   Udipi, Shobha A ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; HEALTH BEHAVIOUR; LOW-INCOME SETTLEMENT; MALUTRITION;

BOMBAY; INDIA; MAHARASHTRA;

EID: 0031387382     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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