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

Research supported by National Science Foundation, University of California, Berkeley Chancellor's Patent Fund and Department of Anthropology, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Public Health Service Fellowship.

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• Research supported by National Science Foundation, University of California, Berkeley Chancellor's Patent Fund and Department of Anthropology, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Public Health Service Fellowship.
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