In times of plenty and times of scarcity: Nondomesticated food in northeastern Thailand

Ecology of Food Nutrition

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 563-586

  Moreno Black, Geraldine ^a   Somnasang, Prapimporn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Food shortage; Nondomesticated food; Northeastern Thailand; Scarcity

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY;

THAILAND;

EID: 0034027462     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2000.9991597     Document Type: Article

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