Child growth among Southern African foragers in the past

Human Diet and Nutrition in Biocultural Perspective: Past Meets Present

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-56

  Pfeiffer, S ^a   Harrington, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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