The association between body mass and health care expenditures

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 811-820

  Heithoff, Kim A ^a   Cuffel, Brian J ^a   Kennedy, Sean ^a   Peters, Jodi ^a  

^a MEDSTAT GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030829996     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(97)80104-X     Document Type: Article

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