Geophagy in the tropics: an appraisal of three geophagical materials

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Abrahams, Peter W ^a   Parsons, Julia A ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geophagy; nutrition; soil; tropics

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; GEOPHAGY; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TROPICS;

EID: 0030701571     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018477817217     Document Type: Article

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