Awareness among anganwadi workers and the prospect of child health and nutrition: A study in Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Anthropologist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-175

  Manhas, Shashi ^a   Dogra, Annpurna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Anganwadi Worker; Awareness; Children; Growth Chart; ICDS; Purmandal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856585211     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2012.11891235     Document Type: Article

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