Malnutrition among under-five children in India and strategies for control

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-23

  Sahu, Swaroop Kumar ^a   Kumar, S Ganesh ^a   Bhat, B Vishnu ^a   Premarajan, K C ^a   Sarkar, Sonali ^a   Roy, Gautam ^a   Joseph, Nitin ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Malnutrition; strategies; under five children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921450286     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.149072     Document Type: Review

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