Water and Food Safety in the Developing World: Global Implications for Health and Nutrition of Infants and Young Children

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1930-1934

  Marino, Deborah D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WEANING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; WEANING;

EID: 35348969836     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2007.08.013     Document Type: Article

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