Household-level technologies to improve the availability and preparation of adequate and safe complementary foods

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-125

  Mensah, Patience ^a   Tomkins, Andrew ^b  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinutritive factors; Complementary foods; Enrichment; Fermentation; Food safety; Germination malting; Household food processing

Indexed keywords

FERMENTATION; FOOD SAFETY; NUTRITION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EID: 0037354046     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650302400106     Document Type: Article

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