Effect of gender on correlation of anaemia with body mass index in medical students

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 364-369

  Saxena, Yogesh ^a   Shrivastava, Abha ^a   Saxena, Vartika ^a  

^a HIMALAYAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anemia; Body mass index (BMI); Height; Urban; Weight

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84857332612     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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