New consumers: The influence of affluence on the environment

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4963-4968

  Myers, Norman ^a   Kent, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAR; CHINA; COLOMBIA; CONSUMER; COST; DIET; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GAS; GRAIN; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALAYSIA; MEAT; MEXICO; MOTOR VEHICLE; PAKISTAN; PHILIPPINES; POLAND; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH KOREA; THAILAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037447091     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0438061100     Document Type: Article

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