Employment impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 672-677

  Powell, Lisa M ^a   Wada, Roy ^a   Persky, Joseph J ^a   Chaloupka, Frank J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TAX; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; TAXES;

EID: 84896541126     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301630     Document Type: Article

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