Examining short-term nutritional status among BaAka foragers in transitional economies

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-375

  Remis, Melissa J ^a   Jost Robinson, Carolyn A ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aka pygmies; anemia; Central Africa; conservation zoning; gender

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DIET; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FORAGER; FORAGING; HEALTH; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; MARKET; MEASUREMENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WILDLIFE; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902549275     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22521     Document Type: Article

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