The socio-economic drivers of bushmeat consumption during the West African Ebola crisis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Ordaz Németh, Isabel ^a   Arandjelovic, Mimi ^a   Boesch, Lukas ^b   Gatiso, Tsegaye ^a,c   Grimes, Trokon ^d   Kuehl, Hjalmar S ^a,c   Lormie, Menladi ^d   Stephens, Colleen ^a   Tweh, Clement ^e   Junker, Jessica ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d Forestry Development Authority   (Liberia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEAT; NATURAL RESOURCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE VARIABLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; INTERVIEW; LIBERIA;

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, EBOLA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIBERIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85016951258     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005450     Document Type: Article

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