The Economics of Health Behavior and Vitamin Consumption
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Copyright 2010 by Schroeter, Anders, Carlson and Rickard. All rights reserved. Readers may make verbatim copies of this document for non-commercial purposes by any means, provided that this copyright notice appears on all such copies. The views expressed here are those of the author and cannot be attributed to the Economic Research Service or the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Selected Paper prepared for presentation at the 1 Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar
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