Feeding practices and malnutrition in children in rural Bangladesh

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 395-400

  Piechulek, Helga ^a,b   Aldana, Jorge Mendoza ^a   Hasan, Md Nazmul ^b  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; FEEDING; MALNUTRITION; RURAL SOCIETY;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0033494824     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482659902000402     Document Type: Article

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