Wheat and Maize Flour Fortification

Food Fortification in a Globalized World

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 123-129

  Pachón, Helena ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

enrichment; flour; maize; micronutrients; monitoring; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85100533271     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802861-2.00012-2     Document Type: Chapter

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