Daily nutrient contribution of meals served in the home grown school feeding of Osun State, Nigeria

Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 355-361

  Agbon, C A ^a   Onabanjo, O O ^a   Okeke, E C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Calcium; Children (age groups); Diet; Energy; Nigeria; Nutrition; Primary schools; Proteins; School feeding; Zinc

Indexed keywords

DIOSCOREA ALATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865713326     PISSN: 00346659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00346651211266872     Document Type: Article

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