Nutritional status and morbidity pattern among governmental primary school children in the Eastern Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 2 no. 4, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 307-314

  Shakya, S R ^a,b   Bhandary, S ^a   Pokharel, P K ^a  

^a KUMS ^*

^b KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Malnutrition; Nepal; Nutritional status; Pediculosis; School health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 38349149535     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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