Nutritional quality and safety of organic food. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Lairon, Denis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Food safety; Health; Human food; Nutrition; Organic agriculture; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRY MATTER; FATTY ACID; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NITRATE; NUTRITION; ORGANIC FARMING; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PHENOL; PLANT PRODUCT; POLLUTANT; PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77951931301     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009019     Document Type: Review

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