Assessment and characterization of the diet of an isolated population in the Bolivian Andes

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-749

  Berti, Peter R ^a   Jones, Andrew D ^b   Cruz, Yesmina ^c   Larrea, Sergio ^c   Borja, Ross ^d   Sherwood, Stephen ^d,e  

^a HealthBridge   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c World Neighbors Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d EkoRural   (Ecuador)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CEREAL; CHILD; DIET; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; POTATO; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOLIVIA; CEREALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952198722     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21075     Document Type: Article

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