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Can eating patterns be both healthier and more sustainable?
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- Year
- 2016
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 353
- Issue
- 6305
- Pages
- 1202-1204
- Citations
- 93
- Access
- Closed
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- 10.1126/science.aah4765