Food and nutrition policy at the local level: Key factors that influence the policy development process

Critical Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-138

  Yeatman, Heather R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FINANCE; FOOD; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERVIEW; NUTRITION; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORY;

EID: 85047687746     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958159031000097625     Document Type: Article

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