Effects of food stamp participation on body weight and obesity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1167-1173

  Chen, Zhuo ^a,b   Yen, Steven T ^a   Eastwood, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH RISK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 33745254467     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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