Back to basics: Why foods of wild primates have relevance for modern human health

Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 7-8, 2000, Pages 480-483

  Milton, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; HEALTH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; EVOLUTION; FOOD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PRIMATES;

PRIMATES;

EID: 0034235938     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-9007(00)00293-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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