Meat in the human diet: An anthropological perspective

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 64, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2007, Pages

  Mann, Neil ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 34548101692     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2007.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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