Blood pressure and its biocultural correlates among the Lepchas of Sikkim, India: A microlevel epidemiological study

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 97-110

  Mukhopadhyay, B ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035382547     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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