What does India need to do to address childhood malnutrition at scale?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue , 2016, Pages 186-188

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Determinants; India; Malnutrition; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84962847009     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.02.038     Document Type: Note

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