Nutritional status of urban slum children below five years: Assessment by anthropometric measurements with special reference to socioeconomic status

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Alam, Md Ariful ^a   Hakim, M A ^b,c   Rouf, M A ^d   Haque, Md Obidul ^e   Ali, M E ^f   Zaidul, I S M ^c  

^a Thakurgaon Polytechnic Institute   (Bangladesh)

^b Hajee Mohammad Danseh Science and Technology University   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^e MAWLANA BHASHANI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^f UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Kushtia district; Malnutrition; NCHS and Gomez classification; Nutritional profile

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SANITATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 80555154777     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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