A study on nutritional status among young adult Bengalee females of Kolkata: Effect of menarcheal age and per capita income

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan ^a   Basak, Sohini ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ratan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Age at menarche; Bengalee; Body mass index; Nutritional status; Per capita income

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MENARCHE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649213483     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0002     Document Type: Article

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