Nutritional status of affluent school children of Dera Ismail Khan: Is under nutrition common

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1002-1005

  Ramzan, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Irshad ^a   Ramzan, Faiqah ^b   Ramzan, Faiza ^b  

^a GOMAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Affluent families and Dera Ismail Khan; Body mass status; Primary school children

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 78650103605     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2010.1002.1005     Document Type: Article

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