Estimated economic costs of obesity to U.S. Business

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 120-127

  Thompson, David ^a   Edelsberg, John ^b   Kinsey, Karen L ^b   Oster, Gerry ^b  

^a POLICY ANALYSIS INC PAI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Costs and Cost Analysis; Employee Benefits; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031759472     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-13.2.120     Document Type: Article

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