Traditional food system provides dietary quality for the Awajún in the Peruvian Amazon

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 377-399

  Roche, M L ^a,b   Creed Kanashiro, H M ^c   Tuesta, I ^d   Kuhnlein, H V ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^d Organización de Desarrollo de las Comunidades Fronterizas del Cenepa ODECOFROC   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aguaruna; Amazon; Awaj n; Indigenous food; Indigenous Peoples; Traditional food

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD INTAKE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34648828630     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240701486651     Document Type: Article

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