Is a vegetarian diet adequate for children?

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Hackett, Allan ^a   Nathan, Indira ^a   Burgess, Lynne ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 0031635945     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010609801200304     Document Type: Article

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