Agriculture and health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7843, 2012, Pages

  Dorward, Andrew ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDITORIAL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NOTE;

AGRICULTURE; DIET; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84860573882     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7834     Document Type: Editorial

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