Why are rural Indian women so thin? Findings from a village in Maharashtra

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Chorghade, G P ^a   Barker, M ^a   Kanade, S ^b   Fall, C H D ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Gender disparity; India; Maternal health; Maternal nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MOTHER; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33645235496     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005762     Document Type: Article

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