A recycling index for food and health security: Urban Taipei

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-411

  Huang, Susana Tzy Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Econutrition; Food security; Food system recycling index (FRI); Food waste; Recyclability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOOD; HEALTH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; RECYCLING; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; RECYCLING; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 78751522532     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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