Changes in USDA Food Composition Data for 43 Garden Crops, 1950 to 1999

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-682

  Davis, Donald R ^a,b   Epp, Melvin D ^a   Riordan, Hugh D ^a  

^a Bio Communications Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food analysis; History; Nutritive value

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; PROTEIN; RIBOFLAVIN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROP; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTENT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MINERALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS;

EID: 11844271572     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2004.10719409     Document Type: Article

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