Body mass index and chronic energy deficiency among adult male Lodhas and Bhumijs: A comparison with other tribal populations of West Bengal, India

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-121

  Bose, Kaushik ^a   Bisai, Samiran ^a   Mondal, Partha Sarathi ^a   Ghosh, Mihir ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bhumij; Body mass index; India; Lodha; Nutritional status; Tribes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC ENERGY DEFICIENCY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 43349105257     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-007-0153-x     Document Type: Article

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