Reproductive health and the industrialized food system: A point of intervention for health policy

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 888-897

  Sutton, Patrice ^a   Wallinga, David ^b   Perron, Joanne ^c   Gottlieb, Michelle ^d   Sayre, Lucia ^e   Woodruff, Tracey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy   (United States)

^c Reproductive Health and the Environment   (United States)

^d Health Care Without Harm   (United States)

^e San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; HORMONE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALORIE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKET; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSICIAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FORECASTING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 80051484396     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1255     Document Type: Article

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