Beef production: Koneswaran and Nierenberg respond

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Koneswaran, Gowri ^a   Nierenberg, Danielle ^a  

^a Humane Society of the United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR POLLUTANT; ANIMAL PRODUCT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUNGER; INCOME; LAND USE; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MANURE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 54149116522     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11716R     Document Type: Letter

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