The adequacy of micronutrient concentrations in manufactured complementary foods from low-income countries

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 418-426

  Gibbs, Michelle ^a   Bailey, Karl B ^a   Lander, Rebecca D ^a   Fahmida, Umi ^b   Perlas, Leah ^c   Hess, Sonja Y ^d   Loechl, Cornelia U ^e   Winichagoon, Pattanee ^f   Gibson, Rosalind S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

^c FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e International Potato Center CIP   (Uganda)

^f MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Calcium; Complementary foods; Food analysis; Food composition; Fortification; Infants; Iron; Micronutrients; Phytate; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955012043     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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