Use of mid-upper arm circumference in determining undernutrition and illness in rural adult Oraon men of Gumla District, Jharkhand, India

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Chakraborty, R ^a   Bose, K ^b   Koziel, S ^c  

^a Dinabandhu Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^b VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

BMI; Chronic energy deficiency; India; Mid upper arm circumference; Morbidity; Nutritional status; Oraon; ROC curve; Tribe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RURAL POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ROC CURVE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855573979     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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