A nutritional analysis of New Zealand military food rations at Gallipoli in 1915: Likely contribution to scurvy and other nutrient deficiency disorders

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 1373, 2013, Pages

  Wilson, Nick ^a   Nghiem, Nhung ^a   Summers, Jennifer A ^a   Carter, Mary Ann ^a   Harper, Glyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; CATERING SERVICE; DIETARY FIBER; DYSENTERY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MILITARY SERVICE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SCURVY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84876561818     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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