The economic impact of obesity on automobile fuel consumption

Engineering Economist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-323

  Jacobson, Sheldon H ^a   McLay, Laura A ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OBESITY; PASSENGER WEIGHT; WEIGHT DATA;

AUTOMOBILES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL ECONOMY; HEALTH CARE;

FUEL CONSUMPTION;

EID: 33845418101     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910600987586     Document Type: Article

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