Anthropometric characteristics and nutritional status of adult Oraon men of Gumla District, Jharkhand, India

Internet Journal of Biological Anthropology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chakraborty, Raja ^a   Bose, Kaushik ^b  

^a Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; India; Nutritional status; Oraon; Tribe

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749093965     PISSN: 19394594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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