Validity of food consumption indicators in the Lao context: Moving toward cross-cultural standardization

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-119

  Baumann, Soo Mee ^a   Webb, Patrick ^b   Zeller, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural validity; Dietary diversity; Food consumption indicators; Food Consumption Score

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH WORK; STANDARDIZATION; THRESHOLD;

LAOS; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84875736091     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400112     Document Type: Article

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