Consumption patterns and nutritional contribution of Crotalaria brevidens (Mitoo) in Tarime District, Tanzania

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-69

  Uiso, Febronia C ^a,b   Johns, Timothy ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MUHIMBILI MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Crotalaria brevidens; Dietary assessment; East Africa; Indigenous leafy vegetable; carotene

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; NUTRITION; PLANT FOODS;

TANZANIA, TARIME DISTRICT;

EID: 0029954151     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1996.9991475     Document Type: Article

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