Corporate responsibility in public health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7764, 2010, Pages 110-

  Lang, Tim ^a,b   Rayner, Geof ^b  

^a Department of Food Policy ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK REDUCTION;

FINANCING, ORGANIZED; FOOD INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 77954626409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c3758     Document Type: Editorial

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