Weight discrimination: A multidisciplinary analysis

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-24

  Maranto, Cheryl L ^a   Stenoien, Ann Fraedrich ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender plus discrimination; Obesity; Sex differences; Wage differentials; Weight discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750487351     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007712500496     Document Type: Article

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