Can nutrition be promoted through agriculture-led food price policies? A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Dangour, Alan D ^a   Hawkesworth, Sophie ^a   Shankar, Bhavani ^b   Watson, Louise ^a   Srinivasan, C S ^c   Morgan, Emily H ^a   Haddad, Lawrence ^d   Waage, Jeff ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERNUTRITION; POLICY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879901354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002937     Document Type: Review

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