Prevalence of thinness among rural Bengalee pre-school children in Chapra, Nadia District, West Bengal, India

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 155-164

  Biswas, S ^a   Bose, K ^a   Bisai, S ^a   Chakraborty, R ^a,b  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Bengalee; BMI; India; Pre school children; Thinness; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952908433     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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