Seasonal variation in physical activity patterns, energy expenditure and nutritional status of women in a rural village in Tanzania

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Kinabo, J ^a   Kamukama, E ^a   Bukuku, U ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; THIGH;

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