Socio-economic and demographic correlates of stunting among adolescents of Assam, North- east India

Anthropological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 409-425

  Rengma, Melody Seb ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^b   Mondal, Nitish ^c  

^a DIBRUGARH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

anthropometry; North east India; nutrition assessment; public health; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006987465     PISSN: 18986773     EISSN: 20834594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/anre-2016-0030     Document Type: Article

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