Understanding price elasticities to inform public health research and intervention studies: Key issues

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1954-1961

  Nghiem, Nhung ^a   Wilson, Nick ^a   Genç, Murat ^a   Blakely, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

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ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84886384491     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301337     Document Type: Article

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