Do cigarette taxes affect children's body mass index? The effect of household environment on health

Health Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-431

  Mellor, Jennifer M ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Cigarette; Prices; Taxes; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; MOTHERS; OBESITY; SMOKING; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952584432     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1598     Document Type: Article

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