When forest-based hunter-gatherers become sedentary: Consequences for diet and health

Unasylva

Volumn 57, Issue 224, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Dounias, Edmond ^a   Froment, Alain ^b  

^a French Institut de Recherche pour le Développement   (France)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 33846374807     PISSN: 00416436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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