Studies on the nutritional status of children aged 0-5 years in a drought-affected desert area of western Rajasthan, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 961-967

  Singh, Madhu B ^a   Fotedar, Ranjana ^a   Lakshminarayana, J ^a   Anand, P K ^a  

^a Desert Medicine Research Centre India   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Anthropometry; Dietary intake; Drought; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

RETINOL; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESERT; DROUGHT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MARASMUS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL AREA; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WASTING SYNDROME;

AVITAMINOSIS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESERT CLIMATE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846807593     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/PHN2006993     Document Type: Article

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