Socio-economic determinants of underweight children in West Bengal, India

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 322-327

  Bharati, S ^a   Chakrabarty, S ^a   Som, S ^a   Pal, M ^a   Bharati, P ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Children; India; Socio economic determinants; Underweight; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOSLEM; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77951733044     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60078-8     Document Type: Article

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