Socioeconomic differentials in nutritional status of children in the states of West Bengal and Assam, India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 625-642

  Som, Suparna ^a   Pal, Manoranjan ^a   Bhattacharya, Bishwanath ^a   Bharati, Susmita ^a   Bharati, Premananda ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHT; WORK CAPACITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749051204     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005026921     Document Type: Article

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