Agri-food system transformations and diet-related chronic disease in Australia: A nutrition-oriented value chain approach

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 299-309

  Hattersley, Libby ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agri food system; Chronic disease; Diet; Food environment; Food consuming industries; Global value chain analysis; Nutrition; Population health; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877924948     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-012-9411-9     Document Type: Article

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