Cultural foodways in Sweden: Repeated focus group interviews with Somalian women

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 328-339

  Jonsson, Inger M ^a   Hallberg, Lillemor R M ^b   Gustafsson, Inga Britt ^a  

^a NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Foodways; Identity; Somalia; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447570032     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1470-6431.2002.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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