Prevalence of undernutrition in Nepalese children

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-45

  Ghosh, Arijit ^a   Adhikari, Prakash ^b   Chowdhury, Sutanu Dutta ^c   Ghosh, Tusharkanti ^c  

^a NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Nutritional status; Stunting; Underweight; WHO growth standard 2007

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STANDARD (REFERENCE); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEPAL; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57649229747     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802555650     Document Type: Article

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