Chronic energy deficiency in some low socio-economic populations from South India: Relationships between body mass index, waist-hip ratio and conicity index

HOMO- Journal of Comparative Human Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-79

  Kusuma, Y S ^a,c   Babu, B V ^a,b   Naidu, J M ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE ICMR   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 38949158453     PISSN: 0018442X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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