Socio-economic correlates of malnutrition among married women in Bangladesh

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-359

  Mostafa Kamal, S M ^a   Islam, Md Aynul ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladeshi women; Body mass index; Logistic regression; Malnutrition; Wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79851505542     PISSN: 1394035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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