Achieving food security in China: Past three decades and beyond

China Agricultural Economic Review

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-275

  Zhou, Zhangyue ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Contamination; Environmental health and safety; Food products; Food safety; Social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955114491     PISSN: 1756137X     EISSN: 17561388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17561371011078417     Document Type: Article

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