Natural Resources – Food Nexus: Food-Related Environmental Footprints in the Mediterranean Countries

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lacirignola, Cosimo ^a   Capone, Roberto ^a   Debs, Philipp ^a   El Bilali, Hamid ^a   Bottalico, Francesco ^a  

^a ISTITUTO AGRONOMICO MEDITERRANEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

dietary patterns; environmental footprints; Mediterranean region; natural resources; water footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002574017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2014.00023     Document Type: Review

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