Adding biomeasures relating to fatness and obesity to the panel study of income dynamics

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 118-139

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Cawley, John ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INCOME; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; INCOME; MORTALITY; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957991316     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485560903382395     Document Type: Article

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