Food variety - A good indicator of nutritional adequacy of the diet? A case study from an urban area in Mali, West Africa

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 891-898

  Hatloy A ^a   Torheim, L E ^a   Oshaug, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Africa; Dietary assessment methods; Dietary diversity; Food variety; Mali; Mean adequacy ratio

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALI; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032429138     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600662     Document Type: Article

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