Amazonian foods and implications for human biology

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 330-348

  Dufour, Darna L ^a   Piperata, Barbara A ^b   Murrieta, Rui S S ^c   Wilson, Warren M ^d   Williams, Drake D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

nutrition transitions; subsistence based populations; Traditional foods

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DIET; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NUTRITION; PLANT; PROTEIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZON BASIN;

ANIMALIA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; DIET; FOOD; HUMAN; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLLUTANT;

BIOLOGY; BRAZIL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD; HUMANS; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84978906958     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2016.1196245     Document Type: Review

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