Modeling Addictive Consumption as an Infectious Disease

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Alamar, Benjamin ^a   Glantz, Stanton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

addictive consumption; cigarettes; infectious disease; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861186253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1538-0645.1482     Document Type: Article

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