Sugar: Spinning a web of influence

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gornall, Jonathan ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; SUGAR INTAKE;

SUGAR INTAKE;

COMMERCE; DIETARY SUCROSE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS;

EID: 84922849703     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h231     Document Type: Article

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