Prevention of malnutrition among young children in rural Bangladesh by a food-health-care educational intervention: A randomized, controlled trial

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 375-383

  Roy, Swapan Kumar ^a   Jolly, Saira Parveen ^b   Shafique, Sohana ^a   Fuchs, George J ^c   Mahmud, Zeba ^d   Chakraborty, Barnali ^a   Roy, Suchismita ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MICRONUTRIENT INITIATIVE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Child growth; Complementary feeding; Infants; Malnutrition; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; MALNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 38549113514     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800401     Document Type: Article

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