Food and nutrition policies: What's being done in Turkey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1A, 2006, Pages 158-162

  Pekcan, Gülden ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition policy; Food safety; Food security; Nutrition; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CATERING SERVICE; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; COST OF ILLNESS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 33646844972     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005939     Document Type: Article

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