Potential nutritional contribution of Quality Protein Maize: A close-up on children in poor communities

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-182

  Rahmanifar, Atossa ^a,b   Hamaker, Bruce R ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Developing world; Maize; Nutrition; Poor; Protein intake; Protein quality; QPM

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MAIZE; NUTRITION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032696143     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1999.9991576     Document Type: Article

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