Anthropometric characteristics and nutritional status based on body mass index of adult Bathudis: A tribal population of Keonjhar District, Orissa, India

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-82

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Chakraborty, Falguni ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bathudis; Body mass index; India; Nutritional status; Tribal population; West Bengal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 17144407235     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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