Income, Birth Order, Siblings, and Anthropometry From: Human Biology | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: Bandyopadhyay, Arup Ratan; Ghosh, Jyoti Ratan | Copyright Wayne State University Press Dec 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The purpose of the present cross-sectional study was to examine the relationship and effect of monthly household income, birth order, and number of siblings on adult body dimensions, adiposity index, and body composition among adult Bengali females. One hundred seventy-one adult Bengali females, age 20.35 ± 1.51 years (mean ± SD; range: 18-21 years) from Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) were studied. Anthropometric measures (weight, height, waist circumference, hip circumference,...

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