Association of some socio-economic and socio-demographic variables with wasting among pre-school children of North Bengal, India.

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Published in Ethiop J Health Sci on January 01, 2015

Authors

Pushpa Lata Tigga1, Jaydip Sen1, Nitish Mondal2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anthropology, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
2: Department of Anthropology, Assam University (Diphu Campus), Diphu, Karbi Anglong, Assam, India.

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