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Multiple Threat: Overweight/Obese Women in the Workplace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Jessica H. Carlson  and
Jason D. Seacat
Jessica H. Carlson*
Affiliation:
Western New England University
Jason D. Seacat
Affiliation:
Western New England University
*
E-mail: jcarlson@wne.edu, Address: Department of Psychology, Western New England University, Springfield, MA 01119
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 469 - 474
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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2014

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