Dietary patterns and dietary adequacy of highland Pwo and Sgaw Karen of northwest Thailand

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 219-235

  Omori, Kinuko ^a   Greksa, Lawrence P ^b  

^a c/o ACT Center ^*  (Thailand)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary adequacy; Dietary patterns; Karen; Modernity; Nutritional status; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DIETARY QUALITY; KAREN PEOPLE; MODERNITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD NUTRITION--DETERMINANTS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MATERNAL NUTRITION--DETERMINANTS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION--DETERMINANTS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HEALTH; MATERNAL NUTRITION--DETERMINANTS; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHEASTERN ASIA; THAILAND;

ASIA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

THAILAND;

EID: 0030423223     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1996.9991491     Document Type: Article

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