Body mass index and nutritional status of the Bayash Roma from Eastern Croatia

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 783-787

  Zajc, Matea ^a   Narančić, Nina Smolej ^a   Škarić Jurić, Tatjana ^a   Miličić, Jasna ^a   Barbalić, Maja ^a   Salopek, Kristina Meljanac ^b   Klarić, Irena Martinović ^a   Janićijević, Branka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bayash; BMI; Croatia; Nutritional status; Roma minority

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROATIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROATIA; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS;

EID: 33846132566     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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