A study on weight status and weight perception of GNM students of a nursing training centre, Bankura, West Bengal

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-87

  Sinhababu, Apurba ^a  

^a BANKURA SAMMILANI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Faulty weight perception; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; NURSING STUDENT; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 34347226347     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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