A study of body mass index (BMI) of Nepalese women attending gynaecology clinic

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 168, 2007, Pages 185-188

  Padhye, Saraswati M ^a  

^a KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Nepalese women; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; OBESITY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBFERTILITY; UNDERWEIGHT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINITIS;

EID: 42249099320     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.265     Document Type: Article

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