This study documents the activities of 635 porters transporting goods along three traditional trade routes of eastern Nepal. Nearly 95% of the porters were male. They ranged in age from 10-65 years, and most of them had begun to perform long-distance portage at 12-15 years of age. Mean body mass and
Reproduction of pigs in the hills of eastern Nepal
β Scribed by Ruth M. Gatenby; Purna B. Chemjong
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 469 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-4747
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