When obese people are more patient than non-obese people a study of post-surgery individuals in a weight loss association

Revista Internacional de Sociologia

Volumn 70, Issue EXTRA 1, 2012, Pages 83-98

  Budría, Santiago ^a   Lacomba, Juan A ^b   Lagos, Francisco ^b   Swedberg, Pablo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay discounting; Experimental and behavioral economics; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859743398     PISSN: 00349712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/ris.2011.05.04     Document Type: Article

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