Nutritional status of adult men from the Oraon tribe in Ranchi District of Jharkhand, India

Malaysian Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 91-99

  Banik, Sudip Datta ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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