Body mass index and nutritional status of adults in two rural villages in Northern Malaysia

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-17

  Narayan, K A ^a   Khan, Abdul Rashid ^a  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

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