Prevalence of undernutrition among pre-school children of Chapra, Nadia District, West Bengal, India, measured by composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF)

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-279

  Biswas, Sadaruddin ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ashish ^b   Bhadra, Mithu ^c  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Loka Kalyan Parishad   (India)

^c Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Composite index of anthropometric failure; India; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 77951954307     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0025     Document Type: Article

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