Prevalence of undernutrition among rural adolescents of West Bengal, India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 422-423

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOM SAMPLE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 57649216627     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmn044     Document Type: Letter

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