Plos medicine series on big food: The food industry is ripe for scrutiny

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1-

  Barbour, Virginia ^a   Clark, Jocalyn ^a   Simpson, Paul ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP;

EID: 84864690492     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001246     Document Type: Article

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