Nutrient characteristics of Southwest Native American pre-contact diets

Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-284

  Teufel, Nicolette I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid land adaptation; Diet; Native Americans

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MINERAL; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BEAN; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; COLOR; CORN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WATER ABSORPTION;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029862038     PISSN: 13590847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13590849609007254     Document Type: Review

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