Secular Trends in Heights and Weights in Boys and Girls over 3 Decades in Rural India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 425-438

  Mamidi, Raja Sriswan ^a   Rajkumar, Hemalatha ^a   Radhakrishna, K V ^a   Babu, J J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

0 to 18 years; height; linear growth; rural India; secular trends; weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE CLASS; BASELINE SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL AREA; THEORETICAL STUDY; WEIGHT;

INDIA; KERALA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84981525157     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572116647579     Document Type: Article

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