Integrating climate change, food prices and population health

Food Policy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-66

  Bradbear, Catherine ^a   Friel, Sharon ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food policy; Food prices; Food system; Health; Health inequalities

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMODITY PRICE; FOOD MARKET; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; PRICE DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84884152813     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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