Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal

Background: In India, adolescent age group (10-19 years) constitutes 21.4% of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the adolescents is an index of its future manpower. It is well recognized worldwide that anthropometric measurements are indispensable in diagnosing undernutrition...

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Main Authors: Abantika Bhattacharya, Mausumi Basu, Supantha Chatterjee, Raghu Nath Misra, Gagori Chowdhury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research
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Online Access:http://www.mjmsr.net/article.asp?issn=0975-9727;year=2015;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=15;aulast=Bhattacharya