Prevalence of undernutrition among children in the Garhwal Himalayas

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-81

  Dutta, Anuradha ^a   Pant, Kiran ^a   Puthia, Rekha ^b   Sah, Archana ^b  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Altitude; Area; Children; Garhwal Himalayas; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOINDICATOR; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VILLAGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARAKHAND;

EID: 65349094201     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650903000108     Document Type: Article

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