Changing nutrition behavior in Bangladesh: Successful adaptation of new theories and anthropological methods

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 221-244

  Parvanta, Claudia F ^a   Thomas, Katherine K ^b   Zaman, Khandaker S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Health communication; Positive deviance; Rural development; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34447300407     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240701407616     Document Type: Article

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