What lies behind socio-economic inequalities in obesity in Spain? A decomposition approach

Food Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-73

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

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Concentration index; Education; Health Information; Income effects; Inequality decomposition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 38049011919     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.05.005     Document Type: Article

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