Flood-Exposure is Associated with Higher Prevalence of Child Undernutrition in Rural Eastern India
Background: Child undernutrition and flooding are highly prevalent public health issues in Asia, yet epidemiological studies investigating this association are lacking. Methods: To investigate to what extent floods exacerbate poor nutritional status in children and identify most vulnerable groups,...
Main Authors: | Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Shishir Ranjan-Dash, Alok Mukhopadhyay, Debarati Guha-Sapir |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2016-02-01
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Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/2/210 |
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