Zinc in soils, crops, and meals in the Niger inland delta, Mali

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 334-338

  Gårdestedt, Caroline ^a   Plea, Mama ^b   Nilsson, Gertrud ^c   Jacks, Birgitta ^d   Jacks, Gunnar ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; IRON DERIVATIVE; ZINC; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANEMIA; BIOFERTILIZER; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; FERMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PRODUCTION; HABITAT USE; IMMUNIZATION; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TYPE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHEMISTRY; CROP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALI; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RICE; RIVER; SOIL; ANALYSIS; DEFICIENCY;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MALI; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; ORYZA SATIVA; RIVERS; SOIL; ZINC;

NIGER DELTA; NIGERIA;

EID: 77649243582     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/08-R-485.1     Document Type: Article

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51. First submitted 6 February 2008. Accepted for publication 2 December 2008.