Obesity and crime: Is there a relationship?

Economics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 149-152

  Price, Gregory N ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Discrimination; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349260758     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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