Quantities of foods consumed by 12- to 24-month-old New Zealand children

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Szymlek Gay, Ewa A ^a   Ferguson, Elaine L ^a   Heath, Anne Louise M ^a   Fleming, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food intake; Food preference; Infant; Micronutrient; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649738093     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01471.x     Document Type: Article

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