Trade and investment liberalization and Asia's noncommunicable disease epidemic: A synthesis of data and existing literature

Globalization and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Baker, Phillip ^a   Kay, Adrian ^a   Walls, Helen ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Asia; Non communicable diseases; Processed foods; Tobacco; Trade liberalization; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COMMODITY MARKET; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH IMPACT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL TRADE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE LIBERALIZATION;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL CARE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEOPLASMS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE; TRENDS;

ASIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INVESTMENTS; NEOPLASMS; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; TOBACCO USE;

EID: 84908126515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-014-0066-8     Document Type: Article

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