Effects of vegetarian nutrition- A nutrition ecological perspective

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 496-504

  Metz, Martina ^a   Hoffmann, Ingrid ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cause effect chains; Interrelatedness; Nutrition ecology; Vegetarian nutrition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VEGETARIAN DIET;

EID: 78651097094     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2050496     Document Type: Article

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