An analysis of dietary micronutrient intakes in two age groups of black South African women

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 431-437

  Hattingh, Z ^a   Walsh, C M ^b   Bester, C J ^b   Oguntibeju, O O ^c  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; CALCIUM INTAKE; IRON INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BLACK PERSON; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; IRON INTAKE; NUTRITION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELENIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D;

EID: 65249155323     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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