OBJECTIVE Sufficient dairy food consumption during adolescence is necessary for preventing disease. While socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents tend to consume few dairy foods, some eat quantities more in line with dietary recommendations despite socio-economic challenges. Socio-economic variations in factors supportive of adolescents' frequent dairy consumption remain unexplored. The pr...

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This paper examines the economic prospects for biotechnology industry, focusing on the U.K. position. We discuss some economic issues relating to the structure of the biotech industry and examine whether these factors can account for the relative success of the biotechnology sector in the U.K. compared to other European countries. We emphasise the importance of the science base, pharmaceutical ...

This paper reviews evidence regarding the distrib~tional impa~t of inflation on p~rchasing power, iucome, and weglth, and analyzes the impact of anti-inflation poLicy and its interaction with distribution policy. The evidence suggests that recent inflation has worsened relative economic position of low-in~ome families. A contractionary fis~glmonetary policy, wh~ch seems likely to be'the keyston...