What explains race and gender differences in the relationship between obesity and wages?

Gender Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 30-49

  Cawley, John ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 33644816823     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-003-0004-1     Document Type: Article

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