Food security and anthropometric failure among tribal children in Bankura, West Bengal

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-314

  Mukhopadhyay, Dipta Kanti ^a   Biswas, A B ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometric failure; Children; Household food security; India; Tribal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; THINNESS;

EID: 79958154321     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-011-0057-2     Document Type: Article

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