Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition and its trends among pre-school tribal children of maharashtra state, India

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-132

  Meshram, I I ^a   Arlappa, N ^a   Balakrishna, N ^a   Laxmaiah, A ^a   Rao, K Mallikarjun ^a   Gal Reddy, Ch ^a   Ravindranath, M ^a   Sharad kumar, S ^a   Brahmam, G N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Household wealth index; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STUNTING; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84859260801     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmr035     Document Type: Article

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