Dietary mineral supplies in Africa

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 208-229

  Joy, Edward J M ^a,b   Ander, E Louise ^b   Young, Scott D ^a   Black, Colin R ^a   Watts, Michael J ^b   Chilimba, Allan D C ^c   Chilima, Benson ^d   Siyame, Edwin W P ^e   Kalimbira, Alexander A ^e   Hurst, Rachel ^f   Fairweather Tait, Susan J ^f   Stein, Alexander J ^g   Gibson, Rosalind S ^h   White, Philip J ⁱ   Broadley, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^e LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEFICIENCY; DIET; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902346526     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12144     Document Type: Article

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