Socio-economic and demographic correlates of stunting among adolescents of Assam, North- east India
The prevalence of stunting (low height-for-age) is a key indicator of long-term chronic undernutrition which reflects an anthropometric failure to reach linear growth potentials due to prolonged food deprivation and/or disease or illness during the early stage of life. The present study assesses the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016-12-01
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| Series: | Anthropological Review |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/anre-2016-0030 |