Effects of economic status and education level on the height and weight of community adolescents in Nepal

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-238

  Joshi, Nira ^a   Rikimaru, Toru ^b   Pandey, Sharada ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Child Health Division   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Economic status; Education level; Height; Milk consumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; NEPAL; OCCUPATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 25144462084     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.51.231     Document Type: Article

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