Nutritional status of girls studying in a government school in Jaipur city as determined by anthropometry

Anthropologist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-227

  Goyle, Anuradha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Girls; Malnutrition; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349662074     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2009.11891106     Document Type: Article

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