Animal milk sustains micronutrient nutrition and child anthropometry among pastoralists in Samburu, Kenya

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-76

  Iannotti, Lora ^a   Lesorogol, Carolyn ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

milk consumption; Nilotic body type; pastoralist nutrition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; RETINOL; SUGAR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 84905719924     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22547     Document Type: Article

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