Anthropometric characteristics and undernutrition among adult Santal tribe of Birbhum district, West Bengal, India

Anthropological Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-60

  Mukhopadhyay, Ashish ^a  

^a Loka Kalyan Parishad   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; India; Santals; Tribals; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955741576     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.090226     Document Type: Article

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