Nutritional status among children aged 24-59 months in rural Bangladesh: An assessment measured by BMI index

Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Rahman, Mosiur ^a   Mostofa, Golam ^a   Nasrin, Sarker Obaida ^a  

^a Department of Population Science and Human Resource   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Healthy weight; Logistic regression analysis and Bangladesh; Micronutrient intake; Underweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549154639     PISSN: 19394594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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