Health care costs of obesity in New Zealand

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 891-896

  Swinburn, B ^a,b   Ashton, T ^b   Gillespie, J ^b   Cox, B ^c   Menon, A ^c   Simmons, D ^d   Birkbeck, J ^e  

^a National Heart Foundation of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e NZ Nutrition Foundation   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economics; Health care costs; New Zealand; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CHOLELITHIASIS; COLON CANCER; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; NEW ZEALAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030881977     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800486     Document Type: Article

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