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Family health effects: complements or substitutes.

Health economics - 1 Dec 2001

Ganz M L

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Genetic endowments play a fundamental role in the production of health. At birth individuals have different capacities to be healthy, largely due to genetic dispositions. Whether or not individuals realize this health depends on their choice of health behaviours. Previous research has linked negative factors beyond the individual's control, which include genetic endowments, to both poor health and poor health...

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PMID: 11747052
DOI: 10.1002/hec.612

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