Infant feeding and weaning practices in Roman Egypt

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-212

  Dupras, Tosha L ^a,b   Schwarcz, Henry P ^c   Fairgrieve, Scott I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dakhleh Oasis; Diet; Nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15;

ARTICLE; COW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EGYPT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GOAT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MILK; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; BREAST FEEDING; CATTLE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; EGYPT; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WEANING;

EID: 0034942467     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1075     Document Type: Article

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