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Original Article

A Longitudinal Study of Income Differences in the Height-BMI Relation among U.S. Children Ages 6 to 14

Jason E. MuraskoDepartment of Economics, University of Houston – Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 235-248 | Published online: 04 Nov 2016

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