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Mineral values of selected plant foods common to southern Burkina Faso and to Niamey, Niger, West Africa

Garrett C. Smith Graduate Group in Geography, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Michael S. Clegg Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Carl L. Keen Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA; Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
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Louis E. Grivetti Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616, USA
Pages 41-53 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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