Do pollinators contribute to nutritional health?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ellis, Alicia M ^a   Myers, Samuel S ^b,c   Ricketts, Taylor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; ZINC; CALCIUM INTAKE; IRON INTAKE; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POLLINATOR; POPULATION RISK; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZINC DEFICIENCY; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; INFANT; INSECT; IRON INTAKE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTS; IRON, DIETARY; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLINATION; POPULATION DENSITY; UGANDA; VITAMIN A; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA; ZINC;

EID: 84920861913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114805     Document Type: Article

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