The association between BMI and haemoglobin and work productivity among Indonesian female factory workers

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

  Untoro, J ^a   Gross, R ^a,b   Schultink, W ^a,b,c   Sediaoetama, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^b Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Anaemia; BMI; Nutritional status; Productivity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDONESIA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 0031908756     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600527     Document Type: Article

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