New nutritional data on traditional foods for European food composition databases

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue , 2010, Pages S73-S81

  Costa, H S ^a   Vasilopoulou, E ^b   Trichopoulou, A ^b   Finglas, P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EuroFIR; Food composition databases; Nutritional composition; Traditional foods; Value documentation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; INFORMATION STORAGE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REFERENCE DATABASE; RELIABILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLACK SEA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOCUMENTATION; EUROPE; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 78149267391     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.215     Document Type: Article

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