Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 4146-4151

  Springmann, Marco ^a,b   Godfray, H Charles J ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a,b   Scarborough, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary change; Food system; Greenhouse gas emissions; Health analysis; Sustainable diets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY CHANGE; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMIC MODEL; HEALTH STATUS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 84963594548     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1523119113     Document Type: Article

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