Micronutrient intake and status in Central and Eastern Europe compared with other European countries, results from the EURRECA network

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 824-840

  Novaković, Romana ^a   Cavelaars, Adrienne Ejm ^b   Bekkering, Geertruida E ^c   Roman Viñas, Blanca ^d   Ngo, Joy ^d   Gurinović, Mirjana ^a   Glibetić, Maria ^a   Nikolić, Marina ^a   Golesorkhi, Mana ^e   Medina, Marisol Warthon ^f   Šatalić, Zvonimir ^g   Geelen, Anouk ^b   Majem, Lluis Serra ^d,h   Van'T Veer, Pieter ^b   De Groot, Lisette Cpgm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Theologie en Religiewetenschappen   (Belgium)

^d Nutrition Research Foundation   (Spain)

^e OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central and Eastern Europe; Intake; Keywords Micronutrient; Status

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA;

EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCANDINAVIA; SCANDINAVIAN AND NORDIC COUNTRIES;

EID: 84876159935     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004077     Document Type: Article

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