Home gardening in urban poor communities of the Philippines

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-88

  Miura, Shoko ^a   Kunii, Osamu ^b   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Bureau of Economic Cooperation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; HOME; HORTICULTURE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRON DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE BREEDING; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY AREAS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLES;

EID: 12244249901     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/096374803/000062010     Document Type: Article

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