An edition of Craving earth (2011)

Craving earth

understanding pica : the urge to eat clay, starch, ice, and chalk

Craving earth
Sera L. Young, Sera L. Young
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An edition of Craving earth (2011)

Craving earth

understanding pica : the urge to eat clay, starch, ice, and chalk

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Language
English
Pages
228

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Table of Contents

What on earth?
A biocultural approach : a holistic way to study pica
Medicine you can walk on
Religious geophagy : sacredness you can swallow
Poisons and pathogens
Dismissal and damnation : a historical perspective on the purported causes of pica
Pica in response to food shortage
Pica as a micronutrient supplement
Pica to protect and detoxify
Putting the pica pieces together.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [178]--214)and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
613.2
Library of Congress
GN408 .Y68 2011, RC620.9

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 228 p. :
Number of pages
228

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24880846M
ISBN 13
9780231146081, 9780231517898
LCCN
2010031789
OCLC/WorldCat
655618867

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