Potential use of traditional fermented foods for weaning in Zimbabwe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1065-1068

  Simango, Clifford ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Diarrhoea; Fermented foods; Nutrition; Weaning; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREAL; DIARRHEA; FERMENTATION; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MILK; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; TIME; WEANING; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030941984     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00261-4     Document Type: Article

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