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Geography: The Geography of Food & Health

Geography of Food & Health

Geography of Food & Health - Key words and phrases (use when searching databases)

food security index, hunger index, indicators of malnutrition, nutrition transition, HALE health -adjusted life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, access to sanitation, access to/disposal for sanitary devices, physicians/people ratio, epidemiological transition, diseases continuum, implications of again populations, spread of agricultural innovations, spread of diseases, rate of diffusion, vector-borne diseases—geographic factors, water-borne diseases—geographic factors, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, World Health Organization, agribusiness, gender roles and food production/acquisition/disparities in health, severity of famine, food insecurity, waste reduction, GMOs, vertical farming

Databases for Research

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