Malnutrition and infant and young child feeding in informal settlements in Mumbai, India: findings from a census.

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Published in Food Sci Nutr on March 03, 2015

Authors

Abigail Bentley1, Sushmita Das2, Glyn Alcock1, Neena Shah More2, Shanti Pantvaidya2, David Osrin1

Author Affiliations

1: UCL Institute for Global Health, Institute of Child Health 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
2: SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action), Urban Health Centre, Chota Sion Hospital 60 Feet Road, Shahunagar, Dharavi, Mumbai, 400017, Maharashtra, India.

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