What characterises women vulnerable to chronic energy deficiency?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 365-380

  Kavi Kumar, K S ^a   Ramachandran, Maithili ^b   Viswanathan, Brinda ^a  

^a MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index and chronic energy deficiency; Uttar Pradesh; Vulnerability; Women

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HEALTH SURVEY; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 56749106939     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9262-3     Document Type: Article

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