Determinants of nutritional status of school children

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-231

  Mukherjee, Reema ^a   Chaturvedi, S ^b   Bhalwar, R ^c  

^a 136 SHO ^*  (India)

^b Indian Armed Forces   (India)

^c ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Maternal education; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 50449095753     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(08)80099-8     Document Type: Article

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