Undernutrition among infants less than 6 months of age: An underestimated public health problem in India

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 119-126

  Patwari, Ashok K ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^b   Beard, Jennifer ^c  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child nutrition; Stunting; Undernutrition; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEVER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; AGE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84919842510     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12030     Document Type: Article

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