Anthropometric profile of urban adult black Malawians

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 364-368

  Msamati, B C ^a   Igbigbi, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034353968     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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