High prevalence of undernutrition among adult Kora Mudi tribals of Bankura District, West Bengal, India

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-68

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Ganguly, Sanjib ^a   Mamtaz, Hasina ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Ashish ^a   Bhadra, Mithu ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; India; Kora Mudis; Tribal population; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645881067     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.050306     Document Type: Article

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