Estimated nutrient intakes and adequacies in Bangladesh change when newer values for vitamin A, iron and calcium in commonly consumed foods are applied

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 457-465

  Hels, Ole ^a   Kidmose, Ulla ^b   Larsen, Torben ^b   Hassan, Nazmul ^c   Tetens, Inge ^a   Thilsted, Shakuntala Haraksingh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; IRON; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRON; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; RURAL POPULATION; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0142062573     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480310001622314     Document Type: Article

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