Expenditure dispersion and dietary quality: Evidence from Canada

Health Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1001-1014

  Beatty, Timothy K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary quality; Expenditure dispersion; Health; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

FAT; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CALORIC INTAKE; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE COST; HOUSEHOLD; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE;

BUDGETS; CANADA; DIET SURVEYS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 51649105749     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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