Prevalence of under-nutrition and its correlates among under 3 year-old children in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, India

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-101

  Meshram, I I ^a   Laxmaiah, A ^a   Gal Reddy, Ch ^a   Ravindranath, M ^a   Venkaiah, K ^a   Brahmam, G N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

feeding practices; socio demography; stunting; Underweight; wasting

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; MALNUTRITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VILLAGE; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ANDHRA PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 78650588644     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.498387     Document Type: Article

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