Overweight adolescents and on-time high school graduation: Racial and gender disparities

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-242

  Okunade, Albert A ^a   Hussey, Andrew J ^a   Karakus, Mustafa C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

Add health; Adolescents; BMI; Obesity; On time high school graduation; Overweight; Propensity scores

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849114504     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-009-9181-y     Document Type: Article

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