Social and emotional contexts of weaning among Bofi farmers and foragers

Ethnology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-81

  Fouts, Hillary N ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FARMERS ATTITUDE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; WEANING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3042803137     PISSN: 00141828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3773856     Document Type: Article

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