Monitoring food and nutrient availability in a nationally representative sample of Bolivian households

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 555-567

  Armando Perez Cueto F J ^a,b   Naska, Androniki ^c   Monterrey, Javier ^d   Almanza Lopez, Magaly ^e   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^c,d   Kolsteren, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d Bolivian National Institute of Statistics   (Bolivia)

^e Investigación y Acción Social para el Desarrollo   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Food availability; Food security; Household surveys; Nutritional transition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CEREAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HOUSEHOLD; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; MILK; MONITORING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITION; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CEREALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT; MILK; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 33645534278     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051661     Document Type: Article

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