Socioeconomic determinants of health: The contribution of nutrition to inequalities in health

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7093, 1997, Pages 1545-1549

  James, W Philip T ^a   Nelson, Michael ^b   Ralph, Ann ^a   Leather, Suzi ^c,d  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c National Food Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^d Food Poverty Network

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; SUGAR; VEGETABLE OIL;

BREAD; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER; CEREAL; CREAM; DIET; ENERGY; FISH; FRUIT; HEALTH; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEAT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; POTATO; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 8244223180     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7093.1545     Document Type: Short Survey

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