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Food-related behaviors during drought: a study of rural Fulani, northeastern Nigeria

Cassius Tyrone Lockett, Louis E. Grivetti Department of Nutrition, University of California, 1 Peter J. Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Pages 91-107 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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