Mid-upper arm circumference as a measure of nutritional status among adult Bengalee male slum dwellers of Kolkata, India: Relationship with self reported morbidity

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-137

  Chakraborty, Raja ^a,b   Bose, Kaushik ^b   Bisai, Samiran ^b  

^a Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya   (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Blengalee; Body mass index (BMI); Health; Males; Morbidity; MUAC; Nutritional status; Slum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARM; BODY SIZE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY AREAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349787221     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-5548/2009/0017     Document Type: Article

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