Assessing the impact on chronic disease of incorporating the societal cost of greenhouse gases into the price of food: An econometric and comparative risk assessment modelling study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Briggs, Adam D M ^a   Kehlbacher, Ariane ^b   Tiffin, Richard ^b   Garnett, Tara ^c   Rayner, Mike ^a   Scarborough, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ELASTICITY; ENERGY BALANCE; EXHAUST GAS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT JUICE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAX;

EID: 84887955817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003543     Document Type: Article

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