Nutritional status of adolescent girls from an urban slum area in South India

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-504

  Shaw, Chandan ^a,b   Prashant, K ^b  

^a Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b D IV/2 KIMS Campus ^*

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Nutritional status; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67349120534     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0077-2     Document Type: Article

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