A silver lining? The connection between gasoline prices and obesity

Economic Inquiry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 935-957

  Courtemanche, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COST; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WALKING;

BODY WEIGHT; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GASOLINE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRANSPORTATION; WALKING;

EID: 79959704468     PISSN: 00952583     EISSN: 14657295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7295.2009.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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