Intracultural diversity in food knowledge in southern Brazil

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 285-302

  Newkirk, Christine N ^a   Oths, Kathryn S ^b   Dressler, William W ^b   dos Santos, José Ernesto ^c  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cultural consensus; Foodways; Intracultural diversity

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; FOOD INTAKE; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

BRAZIL; RIBEIRAO PRETO; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449436514     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240903022304     Document Type: Article

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