Conventional nutritional indices and Composite Index of anthropometric failure: Which seems more appropriate for assessing under-nutrition among children? A cross-sectional study among school children of the Bengalee Muslim population of North Bengal, India

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-185

  Sen, Jaydip ^a   Dey, Sima ^a   Mondal, Nitish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

Children; CIAF; India; Muslim; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960103157     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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