Zero observations and gender differences in cigarette consumption

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1839-1849

  Yen, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; GENDER DISPARITY; LIFESTYLE; MODELING; SMOKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26944480742     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500214322     Document Type: Article

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