Undernutrition among adult Dhimals of Naxalbari, West Bengal: Comparison with other tribes of eastern India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-352

  Banik, Sudip Datta ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a   Bhattacharya, Mithu ^a   Das, Subal ^a   Jana, Arpita ^a   Purkait, Pulakesh ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic energy deficiency; Dhimals; India; Tribes

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ETHNIC GROUP; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 35848942783     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650702800311     Document Type: Article

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