Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture

@article{Friel2009PublicHB,
  title={Public health benefits of strategies to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions: food and agriculture},
  author={Sharon Friel and Alan D. Dangour and Tara Garnett and Karen Lock and Zaid Chalabi and Ian Roberts and Ainslie J. Butler and Colin D Butler and Jeff Waage and Anthony J. McMichael and Andy Haines},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2009},
  volume={374},
  pages={2016-2025}
}
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