New poverty line and growth chart bring forth sharp inequalities in the Indian population

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-172

  Bhasin, Sanjiv Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 69849102315     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.55266     Document Type: Editorial

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