Slums and malnourishment: Evidence from women in India

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1329-1335

  Swaminathan, Hema ^a   Mukherji, Arnab ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862868513     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300424     Document Type: Review

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