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University of Michigan: Disability Disparities May Be Explained by Obesity, Smoking, Physical Labor
September 01, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 1 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:

Excess body mass, smoking and manual labor explain a large proportion of disability disparities in the United States, according to a new University of Michigan study.

While it's well documented that those with less education, and especially those without a high school diploma, are more likely to become disabled, less is known about the mechanisms behind that link, U-M rese . . .

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