Trends in socioeconomic and nutritional status of children younger than 6 years in India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 324-330

  Bharati, Susmita ^a   Pal, Manoranjan ^a   Chakrabarty, Suman ^a   Bharati, Premananda ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

anemia; children younger than 6 years; India; nutritional status; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957508196     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511403455     Document Type: Article

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