Beyond food and nutrition: How can cities be made healthy?

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2002, Pages S763-S766

  Gross, Rainer ^a  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Anemia; Antioxidants; Bone health; Carbon dioxide; Environment; Free radical damage; Global warming; Indonesia; Methane; Physical activity; Pollution; Sanitation; Urbanization; Water quality.

Indexed keywords

EID: 8344265430     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.11.s.3.x     Document Type: Article

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