Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK

Climatic Change

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-192

  Scarborough, Peter ^a   Appleby, Paul N ^a   Mizdrak, Anja ^a   Briggs, Adam D M ^a   Travis, Ruth C ^a   Bradbury, Kathryn E ^a   Key, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FISH; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MEATS;

A-WEIGHTING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOOD COMMODITY; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; MEAT CONSUMPTION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84957433630     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1     Document Type: Article

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