Adapting an international food composition table for use in rural Kenya

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 523-530

  Murphy, Suzanne P ^a   Gewa, Constance ^b   Grillenberger, Monika ^c   Neumann, Charlotte G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary assessment; Food composition table; Food density table; International minilist (IML)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; KENYA; NUTRITION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA;

EID: 2942737122     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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