The impact of income on the weight of elderly Americans

Health Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 979-993

  Cawley, John ^a   Moran, John ^b   Simon, Kosali ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Income; Instrumental variables; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNDERWEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955689927     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.1541     Document Type: Article

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