Biosocial covariates of adult male body mass index in Central India

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 875-893

  Gautam, Rajesh K ^a  

^a DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34848836143     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007001915     Document Type: Article

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