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Wildmeat consumption and child health in Amazonia

Authors :
Patricia Carignano Torres
Carla Morsello
Jesem D. Y. Orellana
Oriana Almeida
André de Moraes
Erick A. Chacón-Montalván
Moisés A. T. Pinto
Maria G. S. Fink
Maíra P. Freire
Luke Parry
Source :
Scientific Reports, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Abstract Consuming wildmeat may protect against iron-deficiency anemia, a serious public health problem globally. Contributing to debates on the linkages between wildmeat and the health of forest-proximate people, we investigate whether wildmeat consumption is associated with hemoglobin concentration in rural and urban children (

Subjects

Subjects :
Medicine
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20452322
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Scientific Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.74311488f23a4f56bddb06b8e4e193af
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-09260-3