Performance of a community-based health and nutrition-education intervention in the management of diarrhoea in a slum of Delhi, India

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 553-559

  Pahwa, Smriti ^a   Kumar, Geeta Trilok ^a   Toteja, G S ^b  

^a Delhi University ^*  (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community health; Diarrhoea; India; Interventions; Nutrition education; Oral rehydration solutions; Slums

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649638245     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i6.6603     Document Type: Article

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