Biofortified Cassava with Pro-Vitamin A Is Sensory and Culturally Acceptable for Consumption by Primary School Children in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Talsma, Elise F ^a   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   de Kok, Brenda P H ^a   Mbera, Gloria N K ^b   Mwangi, Alice M ^b   Brouwer, Inge D ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFORTIFICATION; BITTER TASTE; CARETAKER; CASSAVA; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD COLOR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD TEXTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT BREEDING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEETNESS; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MANIHOT; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOLS; SENSATION; STUDENTS; VITAMIN A; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883428710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073433     Document Type: Article

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