Global maize production, utilization, and consumption

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1312, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Ranum, Peter ^a   Peña Rosas, Juan Pablo ^b   Garcia Casal, Maria Nieves ^c  

^a Independent Mining Consultants   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Consumption; Corn; Maize; Production; Varieties

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FUEL; GLUE; OIL; STARCH; SWEETENING AGENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOUR; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM;

CONSUMPTION; CORN; MAIZE; PRODUCTION; VARIETIES;

EATING; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898638467     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12396     Document Type: Article

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