Nutritional status of adult Santal men in Keonjhar District, Orissa, India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 353-356

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Chakraborty, Falguni ^a   Mitra, Kapil ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; India; Nutritional status; Santals; Tribes

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845880161     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650602700410     Document Type: Article

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