A household-level sweet potato-based infant food to complement vitamin A supplementation initiatives

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-521

  Amagloh, Francis K ^a,b   Hardacre, Allan ^a   Mutukumira, Anthony N ^a   Weber, Janet L ^a   Brough, Louise ^a   Coad, Jane ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Codex standard; Fructose; Household level; Soybean; Sub Saharan Africa; Sweet potato

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FAT; FRUCTOSE; RETINOL; SOYBEAN OIL;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CEREAL; ENERGY; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAIZE; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOYBEAN; SWEET POTATO; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; IPOMOEA BATATAS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

GLYCINE MAX; IPOMOEA BATATAS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865732701     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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