Body mass index and nutritional status of adult Savar tribals of Keonjhar District, Orissa, India

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 3-7

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Chakraborty, F ^a   Bisai, S ^a   Khatun, A ^a   Bauri, H ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; India; Nutritional status; Orissa; Savar; Tribal Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33750956209     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10105395060180030201     Document Type: Article

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