Body mass index as indicator of standard of living in developing countries

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-144

  Nube M ^a   Asenso Okyere, W K ^b   Van Den Boom, G J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Developing countries; Standards of living

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031907757     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600528     Document Type: Article

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