Questioning the effectiveness of food taxes as part of the fight against obesity;Cuestionando la efectividad de los impuestos a alimentos como medida de lucha frente a la obesidad

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-71

  López Sobaler, Ana María ^a,b   Ortega, Rosa María ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FOOD; HUMAN; OBESITY; SPAIN; TAX;

FOOD; HUMANS; OBESITY; SPAIN; TAXES;

EID: 84891493454     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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