Report on "anthropometric failure" among rural 2-6 years old Indian Bauri caste children of West Bengal

Anthropological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Das, Subal ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CIAF; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77149137366     PISSN: 18986773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10044-008-0017-1     Document Type: Article

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