A Longitudinal study of weight gain among Santal and Non-Santal infants of Kankabati Gram Panchayat, West Bengal, India

dc.contributor.author	Sarkar, Arpita
dc.contributor.author	Samanta, Mousumi
dc.contributor.author	Sinha, Nirmalya Kumar
dc.contributor.author	Samanta, Pradip
dc.contributor.author	Das, Subal
dc.contributor.author	Bose, Kaushik
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-13T08:22:09Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-13T08:22:09Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.issn	0972-8503
dc.identifier.uri	http://111.93.204.14:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/536
dc.description.abstract	A community based longitudinal study among Santal tribal and non-Santal infants and young children of Kankabati Gram Panchayat, West Bengal, India was undertaken. The objective was to compare the growth in weight of the 'studied communities. The weights of 48 boys and 51 girls were taken at one month interval over periods of up to 24 months. Among boys, there existed significant ethnic differences in mean weight at all ages except birth. Similarly, in girls, there existed significant ethnic differences in mean weights at all ages except at birth, 17 months and the duration 19-24 months. Significant sex differences (p < 0.05) at ages 8 and 13 months were observed among non-Santals.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Indian Journal of Biological Sciences	en_US
dc.subject	Longitudinal Study	en_US
dc.subject	India	en_US
dc.subject	Santal	en_US
dc.subject	Infants	en_US
dc.subject	Tribals	en_US
dc.title	A Longitudinal study of weight gain among Santal and Non-Santal infants of Kankabati Gram Panchayat, West Bengal, India	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US