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Meat consumption trends and health: casting a wider risk assessment net

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2007

Anthony J McMichael*
Affiliation:
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Hilary J Bambrick
Affiliation:
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
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Abstract

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