Air pollution effects and initiatives to improve food quality assurance in India

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-385

  Poole, Nigel ^a   Marshall, Fiona ^a   Bhupal, D S ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Food safety; India; Public private sector; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

INDIA;

EID: 0036963466     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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