Biological, programmatic and sociopolitical dimensions of child undernutrition in three states in India

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 60-69

  Menon, Purnima ^a   Raabe, Katharina ^a   Bhaskar, Anjor ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HUNGER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEIGHT;

BIHAR; INDIA; KARNATAKA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77149158763     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00060.x     Document Type: Article

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