Is India Shouldering a Double Burden of Malnutrition?

Journal of Health Management

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-328

  Ravishankar, A K ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

body mass index; malnutrition; obese; overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867924097     PISSN: 09720634     EISSN: 09730729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0972063412457513     Document Type: Article

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