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Food taboos, malaria and dietary change: Infant feeding and cultural adaptation on a Papua New Guinea islandFootnote†

Maria A. Lepowsky Public Health Nutrition Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Pages 105-126 | Received 05 Jul 1983, Accepted 14 Sep 1984, Published online: 31 Aug 2010

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Leslie Conton. (1985) Social, economic and ecological parameters of infant feeding in Usino, Papua New Guinea. Ecology of Food and Nutrition 16:1, pages 39-54.
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