The long-run growth in obesity as a function of technological change

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Philipson, Tomas J ^a   Posner, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; FUTUROLOGY; LIFESTYLE; LONGEVITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0041365666     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2003.0058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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