Evaluating environmental and social influences on iron and zinc status of pregnant subsistence farmers in two geographically contrasting regions of Southern Malawi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 500-501, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-210

  Dickinson, N ^a   Rankin, J ^a   Pollard, M ^a   Maleta, K ^b   Robertson, C ^c   Hursthouse, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood; Interdisciplinary; Maize; Malawi; Micronutrients; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BLOOD; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; IRON; SOILS; SURVEYS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS; INTERDISCIPLINARY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MAIZE; MALAWI; MICRONUTRIENTS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS;

NUTRIENTS;

IRON; POLLUTANT; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; METABOLISM; PILOT STUDY; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALAWI; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICRONUTRIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 84907728345     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.087     Document Type: Article

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