Obesity, occupational attainment, and earnings

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 756-770

  Pagán, José A ^a   Dávila, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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