Estimating peer effects on health in social networks: a response to Cohen-Cole and Fletcher; and Trogdon, Nonnemaker, and Pais
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Estimating peer effects on health in social networks: a response to Cohen-Cole and Fletcher; and Trogdon, Nonnemaker, and Pais
Comment on
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Peer effects in adolescent overweight.J Health Econ. 2008 Sep;27(5):1388-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.05.003. Epub 2008 May 13. J Health Econ. 2008. PMID: 18565605
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Is obesity contagious? Social networks vs. environmental factors in the obesity epidemic.J Health Econ. 2008 Sep;27(5):1382-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.04.005. Epub 2008 May 9. J Health Econ. 2008. PMID: 18571258
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