Effect of agricultural methods on nutritional quality: A comparison of organic with conventional crops

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 58-69

  Worthington, Virginia ^a,b,c  

^a Nutrikinetics   (United States)

^b Price Pottenger Nutrition Foundation   (United States)

^c INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; REVIEW;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PESTICIDES;

EID: 0031607024     PISSN: 10786791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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