Haematological traits, religion and rural/urban residence among the Lepchas of Kalimpong subdivision, Darjeeling district, West Bengal (India).
As a part of an ongoing multidisciplinary biomedical research programme, initiated by the Indian Statistical Institute in early 1976, entitled "Human Adaptability Programme", the present study was undertaken among the Lepchas of Kalimpong subdivision, Darjeeling district, West Bengal (India) to enquire at a micro-level into the possible relationship between the major sociocultural factors, viz. religious practices and rural/urban residence, on the one hand, and haematological traits such as haemoglobin level, haematocrit and anaemia, on the other. The results show that while effects of religious practices do not seem to exist on the haematological traits considered, significant effects of rural/urban residence do.
Mukhopadhyay
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Anthropometry and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
Gupta
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Bhattacharya
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology*; D002016:Buddhism; D002835:Christianity; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012307:Risk Factors; D012424:Rural Population; D014505:Urban Population
D010108:Oxyhemoglobins