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Lifetime costs of overweight and obesity in Italy 意大利超重和肥胖的终生代价

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101366

Vincenzo Atella , Federico Belotti , Matilde Giaccherini , Gerardo Medea , Antonio Nicolucci , Paolo Sbraccia , Andrea Piano Mortari

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Occupational differences in the effects of retirement on hospitalizations for mental illness among female workers: Evidence from administrative data in China 退休对女职工精神疾病住院治疗影响的职业差异：来自中国行政数据的证据

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101367

Tianyu Wang , Ruochen Sun , Jody L. Sindelar , Xi Chen

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A tale of lockdown policies on the transmission of COVID-19 within and between Chinese cities: A study based on heterogeneous treatment effect 封锁政策对 COVID-19 在中国城市内部和城市之间传播的影响：基于异质性治疗效果的研究。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-02-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101365

Jingjing Li , Chu Zhuang , Wei Zou

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The effect of women's decision-making on child nutritional outcomes in South Africa 南非妇女的决策对儿童营养结果的影响

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-02-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101355

Olanrewaju Adewole Adediran

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Income insecurity and mental health in pandemic times 大流行时期的收入无保障与心理健康

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101351

Dirk Foremny , Pilar Sorribas-Navarro , Judit Vall Castelló

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Rational self-medication 合理的自我药疗

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101350

Michael E. Darden , Nicholas W. Papageorge

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Peer effects in weight-related behaviours of young people: A systematic literature review 青少年体重相关行为中的同伴效应：系统文献综述

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101354

Nathalie Müller , Francesco Fallucchi , Marc Suhrcke

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The modification of social space as a tool for lowering social stress 将改造社交空间作为减轻社会压力的工具

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101349

Oded Stark

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The effect of marijuana use in adolescence on college and graduate degree attainment 青少年时期吸食大麻对获得大学和研究生学位的影响

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101347

Aliaksandr A. Amialchuk, Brooke M. Buckingham

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COVID-19, deaths at home and end-of-life cancer care COVID-19，在家死亡与癌症临终关怀

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101338

Anastasia Arabadzhyan, Katja Grašič, Peter Sivey

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