Fat, muscles, and wages

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 356-363

  Bozoyan, Christiane ^a   Wolbring, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

BMI; Body composition; Body fat; Earnings; Fat free mass; Income; Obesity; Wages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAT FREE MASS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80855130891     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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