Food prices and poverty negatively affect micronutrient intakes in Guatemala

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1568-1576

  Iannotti, Lora L ^a   Robles, Miguel ^b   Pachón, Helena ^c   Chiarella, Cristina ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FOOD; GUATEMALA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MINERAL INTAKE; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866290825     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.157321     Document Type: Article

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