Public health implications of meat production and consumption

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-356

  Walker, Polly ^a   Rhubart Berg, Pamela ^a   McKenzie, Shawn ^a   Kelling, Kristin ^a   Lawrence, Robert S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Diet; Environment; Health; Industrial agriculture; Industrial animal production; Meat; Nutrition; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARSENIC; FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIPID DIET; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MEAT; NUTRITION POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20644449874     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005727     Document Type: Article

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