Persisting malnutrition in Chandigarh: Decadal underweight trends and impact of ICDS program

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 315-318

  Thakur, Jarnail Singh ^a   Prinja, Shankar ^a   Bhatia, Satpal Singh ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Child health; Growth monitoring; ICDS; India; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79958114145     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0058-1     Document Type: Article

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