Food and disease at the Renaissance courts of Naples and Florence: A paleonutritional study

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-14

  Fornaciari, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Paleonutrition; Renaissance; Stable isotopes; Wealthy classes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; COLLAGEN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; HABIT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; ITALY; MEAT; NUTRITION; PALEOANTHROPOLOGY;

BONE AND BONES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; ITALY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 43049133175     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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