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Arm span as a proxy measure for height and estimation of nutritional status: A study among Dhimals of Darjeeling in West Bengal India

Sudip Datta Banik;Departamento de Ecologia Humana, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados (Cinvestav) del Instituto Politecnico Nacional (IPN) Mérida, Antigua carretera a Progreso km 6, Mérida 97310, Yucatan, MexicoCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 728-735 | Received 09 Mar 2011, Accepted 16 Aug 2011, Published online: 29 Sep 2011

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