The effect of obesity on intergenerational income mobility

Applied Demography and Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 33-44

  Fox, Liana ^a   Hutto, Nathan ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 85027198338     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6140-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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