Interpreting habits in a new place: Migrants’ descriptions of geophagia during pregnancy

Appetite

Volumn 105, Issue , 2016, Pages 557-561

  Hunter Adams, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Food habits; Geophagia; Migrant diets; Pregnancy diet

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; ALUMINUM SILICATE; CLAY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRANT; PREGNANCY; ZIMBABWEAN; CRAVING; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIET; HABIT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIGRATION; PICA; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CRAVING; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; PICA; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL; SOMALIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84978044160     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2016.06.033     Document Type: Article

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