CULTURAL PREDICTING FOOD MYTHS IN THE NORTHERN PUNJAB OF PAKISTAN THE BELIEF AND PRACTICE OF MOTHERS IN THEIR REGION A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02      10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02      Published : Dec 2020
Authored by : Arslan Yousaf , Laraib Arshad

02 Pages : 11-20

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    APA : Yousaf, A., & Arshad, L. (2020). Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration. Global Anthropological Studies Review, III(I), 11-20. https://doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02
    CHICAGO : Yousaf, Arslan, and Laraib Arshad. 2020. "Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration." Global Anthropological Studies Review, III (I): 11-20 doi: 10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02
    HARVARD : YOUSAF, A. & ARSHAD, L. 2020. Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration. Global Anthropological Studies Review, III, 11-20.
    MHRA : Yousaf, Arslan, and Laraib Arshad. 2020. "Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration." Global Anthropological Studies Review, III: 11-20
    MLA : Yousaf, Arslan, and Laraib Arshad. "Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration." Global Anthropological Studies Review, III.I (2020): 11-20 Print.
    OXFORD : Yousaf, Arslan and Arshad, Laraib (2020), "Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration", Global Anthropological Studies Review, III (I), 11-20
    TURABIAN : Yousaf, Arslan, and Laraib Arshad. "Cultural Predicting Food Myths in the Northern Punjab of Pakistan: The Belief and Practice of Mothers in their Region, A Qualitative exploration." Global Anthropological Studies Review III, no. I (2020): 11-20. https://doi.org/10.31703/gasr.2020(III-I).02