Forty days and forty nights: A biocultural perspective on postpartum practices in the Amazon

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1094-1103

  Piperata, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Diet; Lactation; Nutrition; Postpartum; Resguardo; Taboo; Work patterns; Young mothers

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITION; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; RURAL POPULATION; TABOO; YOUNG ADULT;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 49049117795     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.05.031     Document Type: Article

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