The Influence of Socioeconomic and Environmental Determinants on Health and Obesity: A West Virginia Case Study

A recursive system of ordered self assessed health together with BRFSS data were used to investigate health and obesity in the Appalachian state of West Virginia. Implications of unobserved heterogeneity and endogeneity of lifestyle outcomes on health were investigated. Obesity was found to be an en...

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Main Authors: Hyungna Oh, Tatiana Borisova, Cheryl Brown, Gerard D’Souza, Anura Amarasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2009-08-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/6/8/2271/