Uptake and effectiveness of the Children's Fitness Tax Credit in Canada: The rich get richer

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Spence, John C ^a   Holt, Nicholas L ^a   Dutove, Julia K ^a   Carson, Valerie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ECONOMICS; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; TAX;

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; TAXES;

EID: 77955010916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-356     Document Type: Article

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