Pacific pandanus fruit: An ethnographic approach to understanding an overlooked source of provitamin A carotenoids

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-44

  Englberger, Lois ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Maureen H ^b   Marks, Geoff C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Food based strategy; Micronesia; Pandanus; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBSERVATION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAROTENOIDS; COLOR; DIET; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MICRONESIA; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PANDANACEAE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

PANDANUS;

EID: 0012515597     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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