Improving nutrition and health through non-timber forest products in Ghana

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-148

  Ahenkan, Albert ^a   Boon, Emmanuel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food Security; Forest; Ghana; Health; Micronutrients; Non Timber Forest Products; Nutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Plant Medicine; Poverty Alleviation

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; DIET THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY SIZE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCOME; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TREE;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GHANA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREES;

EID: 79958287332     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v29i2.7856     Document Type: Article

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