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Beyond BMI: The value of more accurate measures of fatness and obesity in social science research
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burkhauser, R. V., & Cawley, J.
- Venue
- Journal of Health Economics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-03
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 519-529
- ISSN
- 0167-6296 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3123990173
- Cited by
- 853
- References
- 45
- FWCI
- 39.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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