Environmental and cultural dynamics in nutrition: A comparison of food patterns in two Nigerian societies

Anthropologist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-98

  Oluwabamide, Abiodun J ^a   Akpan, Nseabasi S ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Culture; Environment; Food pattern; Fufu; Gari

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953157575     PISSN: 09720073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09720073.2010.11891137     Document Type: Article

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