Determinants of child wasting in Bhutan. Insights from nationally representative data

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 315-324

  Aguayo, Víctor M ^a   Badgaiyan, Nina ^a   Dzed, Laigden ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Bhutan)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Child feeding; Children; Severe wasting; Wasting

Indexed keywords

BHUTAN; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

BHUTAN; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84984706625     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980016002111     Document Type: Article

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