Carotenoid concentrations in vegetables and fruits common to the Costa Rican diet

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-113

  Furtado, Jeremy ^a   Siles, Xinia ^b   Campos, Hannia ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DATA BASE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; OXIDATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; VEGETABLE;

CAROTENOIDS; COSTA RICA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; HUMANS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 1342307367     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480410001666522     Document Type: Article

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