Nutritional status and productivity of Sri Lankan tea pluckers - Letter & Response
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Nutritional status and productivity of Sri Lankan tea pluckers.
OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of nutritional status on productivity of tea pluckers. DESIGN Cross-sectional, analytical. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS OF STUDY: All tea pluckers in five divisions of a tea estate in Hatton. MEASUREMENTS A dietary survey was conducted using the 24 h dietary recall method. Nutritional status was assessed by measurement of body mass index (BMI) and haemoglobin (Hb)...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v49i3.3256