Developing models to predict stunting among 6-59 months children in a slum of Kolkata

Indian Journal of Community Health

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 251-256

  Chowdhury, Ranadip ^a   Sinha, Bireshwar ^b   Adhikary, Mrinmoy ^c   Mukherjee, Abhijit ^a   Lahiri, Saibendu Kumar ^a  

^a R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Models; Multivariate logistic regression; ROC curve; Stunting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890680944     PISSN: 09717587     EISSN: 22489509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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