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Motivations for food prohibitions during pregnancy and their enforcement mechanisms in a rural Ghanaian district

BACKGROUND: Food taboos are known from virtually all human societies and pregnant women have often been targeted. We qualitatively assessed food taboos during pregnancy, its motivating factors, and enforcement mechanisms in the Upper Manya Krobo district of Ghana. METHODS: This was an exploratory cr...

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Autores principales: Arzoaquoi, Samson K., Essuman, Edward E., Gbagbo, Fred Y., Tenkorang, Eric Y., Soyiri, Ireneous, Laar, Amos K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26182983
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13002-015-0044-0