The European Common Agricultural Policy on fruits and vegetables: Exploring potential health gain from reform

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Veerman, J Lennert ^a   Barendregt, Jan J ^a,b   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruits; Health impact assessment; Modelling; Quantitative method; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPE; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG CANCER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; VEGETABLE;

AGRICULTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 32244448202     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki166     Document Type: Article

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