Food Prices and the Dynamics of Body Weight

Dana Goldman, Darius Lakdawalla & Yuhui Zheng
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Copyright 2011
ISBN 978-0-226-31009-1
Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book: Economic Aspects of Obesity
Book editors: Michael Grossman & Naci H. Mocan
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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