Contextual correlates of child malnutrition in rural Maharashtra

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 771-786

  Bawdekar, Manasi ^a   Ladusingh, Laishram ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL HYGIENE; SANITATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 48249150805     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932008002757     Document Type: Article

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