Prevalence of undernutrition among santal tribal preschool children of paschim medinipur district, west bengal, india

International Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-354

  Bisai, Samiran ^a  

^a Ociety for Applied Studies (WHO Collaborating Centre)   (India)

Author keywords

Child; Santal; Stunting; Tribe; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015802749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23455055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22038/ijp.2014.3538     Document Type: Article

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