Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

David Stuckler; Martin McKee; Shah Ebrahim; Sanjay Basu

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235

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Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

David Stuckler ,

* E-mail: ds450@cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, South Asian Chronic Disease Network, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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Martin McKee,

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Shah Ebrahim,

Affiliation South Asian Chronic Disease Network, Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, India
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Sanjay Basu

Affiliations Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

David Stuckler,
Martin McKee,
Shah Ebrahim,
Sanjay Basu

Published: June 26, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001235

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