Nutritional status of adults among Munda and Pod populations in a peri urban area of Kolkata City, India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 12-20

  Ghosh, Rohini ^a   Bharati, P ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body Mass Index (BMI); Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED); Ethnic; Munda; Peri urban; Poundrakshatriya (Pod)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FITNESS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POPULATION GROUPS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33748467660     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180020301     Document Type: Article

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