Obesity and the incidence of chronic diseases in Spain: A seemingly unrelated probit approach

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 188-214

  Costa Font, Joan ^a,b   Gil, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Chronic illness; Health production; Obesity; Seemingly unrelated probit

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPIRICISM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 22144432244     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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