Paleolithic diets: A sceptical view

Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-47

  Nestle, Marion ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Homonid; Hunter gatherer; Paleolithic; Prehistoric; Primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037875216     PISSN: 14719827     EISSN: 14673010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-3010.2000.00019.x     Document Type: Review

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