Extreme levels of underweight and stunting among pre-adolescent children of low socioeconomic class from Madhyamgram and Barasat, West Bengal, India

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-77

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a   Chakraborty, Jayanta ^a   Datta, Nandini ^a   Banerjee, Parsati ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

India; Stunting; Underweight; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 41449102876     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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