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Ecology of Food and Nutrition Volume 15, 1984 - Issue 2
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Composition of local and purchased foods consumed by the Gidra in Lowland Papua

Ryutaro Ohtsuka Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Toshio Kawabe Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsukasa Inaoka Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsuguyoshi Suzuki Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Tetsuro Hongo Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Tomoya Akimichi Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Tatsuyuki Sugahara Department of Human Ecology School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan; Kagawa Nutrition College, Tokyo, Japan
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Pages 159-169 | Received 18 Oct 1983, Accepted 11 May 1984, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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Jun Yoshinaga, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Toshio Kawabe, Tetsuro Hongo, Hideki Imai, Tsukasa Inaoka & Tomoya Akimichi. (1991) Dietary selenium intake of the Gidra, Papua New Guinea. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 26:1, pages 27-36.
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Jun Yoshinaga, Masao Minagawa, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Toshio Kawabe, Tetsuro Hongo, Tsukasa Inaoka & Tomoya Akimichi. (1991) Carbon and nitrogen isotopic characterization for Papua New Guinea foods. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 26:1, pages 17-25.
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Tetsuro Hongo, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Toshio Kawabe, Tsukasa Inaoka & Tomoya Akimichi. (1990) Hair element concentrations of the Gidra in lowland Papua: The comparison with dietary element intakes and water element concentrations. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 24:3, pages 167-179.
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Tetsuro Hongo, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Toshio Kawabe, Tsukasa Inaoka & Tomoya Akimichi. (1989) Element intake of the Gidra in lowland Papua: Inter‐village variation and the comparison with contemporary levels in developed countries. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 23:4, pages 293-309.
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Tsukasa Inaoka, Tsuguyoshi Suzuki, Ryutaro Ohtsuka, Toshio Kawabe, Tomoya Akimichi, Koichi Takemori & Maosuke Sasaki. (1987) Salt consumption, body fatness and blood pressure of the Gidra in lowland Papua. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 20:1, pages 55-66.
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