Consumer behaviour, obesity and social costs. The case of italy

International Journal of Business and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 295-324

  Mancini, Paola ^a   Marotta, Giuseppe ^a   Nazzaro, Concetta ^a   Simonetti, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer Behaviour; Health Care Expenditure; Multivariate Model; Obesity; Social Costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941954456     PISSN: 15116670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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