How sustainable agriculture can address the environmental and human health harms of industrial agriculture

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 445-456

  Horrigan, Leo ^a   Lawrence, Robert S ^a   Walker, Polly ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Environment; Health; Industrial agriculture; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOSSIL FUEL; PESTICIDE; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR POLLUTION; BIODIVERSITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; SOIL DEGRADATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036100190     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.02110445     Document Type: Review

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