The giants of excess: A challenge to the nation's health

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 843-856

  Grand, Julian Le ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Exercise hours; Obesity; Paternalism; Public health; Smoking permits; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649149880     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: 1467985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-985X.2008.00549.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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