The use of scanner data for research into nutrition

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 339-365

  Griffith, Rachel ^a   O'Connell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Household panel data; Market research data.; Nutrition; Sample duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249101333     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: 14755890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2009.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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