Contemporary use of traditional and imported food among Greenlandic Inuit

Arctic

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 22-31

  Pars, Tine ^a   Osler, Merete ^b   Bjerregaard, Peter ^c  

^a Københavns Universitet ^*  (Greenland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diet; Food frequency questionnaire; Food preferences; Greenland; Inuit; Traditional food

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PERCEPTION;

GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHOCIDAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0035026669     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic760     Document Type: Article

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