Can urban planning reduce obesity? The role of self-selection in explaining the link between weight and urban sprawl

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 557-563

  Plantinga, Andrew J ^a   Bernell, Stephanie ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447548630     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00370.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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