Potential effect of the New York City policy regarding sugared beverages

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 680-681

  Elbel, Brian ^a   Cantor, Jonathan ^b   Mijanovich, Tod ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CALORIC INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAST FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865021825     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1208318     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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