Development of an on-line Irish food composition database for nutrients

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1017-1023

  Black, L J ^a   Ireland, J ^b   Moller A ^b   Roe, M ^c   Walton, J ^a   Flynn, A ^a   Finglas, P M ^c   Kiely, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Danish Food Information   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary intake survey; EuroFIR; Food composition; Food composition database; Nutrient intake; Nutrition; Nutritional supplements

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052393882     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2011.01.015     Document Type: Article

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