Food industry front groups and conflicts of interest: The case of Americans against food taxes

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1331-1332

  Yanamadala, Swati ^a   Bragg, Marie A ^a   Roberto, Christina A ^a   Brownell, Kelly D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ECONOMICS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAX;

CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXES;

EID: 84864029135     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012003187     Document Type: Note

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