Study of prevalent maternal beliefs regarding diet during common childhood illness in Thar Desert, Rajasthan

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 85-88

  Singh, Madhu B ^a   Lakshminarayan, J ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Illness; Maternal belief; Seasons; Windy food

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 0043263158     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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