"The tourist season goes down but not the prices." Tourism and food insecurity in rural Costa Rica

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-321

  Himmelgreen, David A ^a   Romero Daza, Nancy ^a   Vega, Maribel ^a   Brenes Cambronero, Humberto ^b   Amador, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Monteverde Institute   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Dietary acculturation; Health; Latinos

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; OBESITY; TOURISM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

EID: 33748313230     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240600848753     Document Type: Article

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