Socio-economic and demographic factors affecting the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF)

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-136

  Sen, Jaydip ^a   Mondal, Nitish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Children; CIAF; India; Under nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

DARJEELING; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 84856941143     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.655777     Document Type: Article

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