Derivation of Nutrient Requirements for Disaster-Affected Populations: Sphere Project 2011
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Derivation of nutrient requirements for disaster-affected populations: Sphere Project 2011.
BACKGROUND Nutritional requirements have been previously calculated for emergency-affected populations and are widely used for planning and assessing the nutritional adequacy of humanitarian food assistance. The Sphere Project is an interagency collaboration that defines minimum standards and indicators for humanitarian responses, including food and nutrition. It last published population nutri...
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عنوان ژورنال: Food and Nutrition Bulletin
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0379-5721,1564-8265
DOI: 10.1177/156482651303400106