Open AccessLiving environment and health of under-five children in urban slums of a coastal region in South India
Author(s) -
Roja Vr,
Prakash Narayanan,
Varalakshmi Chandra Sekaran,
Ajith Kumar Mg
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v54i4.6
Subject(s) - sanitation , environmental health , medicine , hygiene , socioeconomic status , personal hygiene , malnutrition , family income , slum , population , family medicine , economics , economic growth , pathology
The primary objective of the study was to determine the association between the living environment and morbidity, nutritional status, immunization status, and personal hygiene of under-five children living in urban slums in southern India.