Insects as food: Why the western attitude is important

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue , 1999, Pages 21-50

  DeFoliart, Gene R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Edible insects; Entomophagy; Food ecology; Food insects; Minilivestock; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; ATTITUDE; DIET; FOOD; HUMAN; INSECT; NUTRITION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; ATTITUDE; DIET; FOOD; HUMANS; INSECTS; LATIN AMERICA; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033022275     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.44.1.21     Document Type: Review

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