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Growth monitoring can and does work! An example from the Tamil Nadu integrated nutrition Project in rural South India

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Shekar, M., Latham, M.C. Growth monitoring can and does work! An example from the Tamil Nadu integrated nutrition Project in rural South India. Indian J Pediatr 59, 5–15 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760889

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