Stunting, underweight and wasting among Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme children aged 3-5 years of Chapra, Nadia District, West Bengal, India

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 216-221

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Biswas, Sadaruddin ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a   Ganguli, Sanjib ^a   Khatun, Argina ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ashish ^a   Bhadra, Mithu ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bengalee; India; Preschool children; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34249889937     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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