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Are US obesity rates converging?

Xun LiSchool of Economics and Management, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rui WangDepartment of Economics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Pages 539-543 | Published online: 10 Sep 2015

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