Elationship of non-organic factors with malnutrition among children under three years of age

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-358

  Mujib, Sahibzada Azhar ^a   Kazmi, Tahseen ^b   Khan, Sadaf ^b   Shad, Mushtaq Ahmad ^c   Bashir, Muhammad ^c   Khan, Behram ^c  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Pakistan)

^b ZIAUDDIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c EDO Health ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Exclusive breast feeding; Malnutrition; Socio demographic factors; Weight for age

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; VACCINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 36049025230     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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