The cost of obesity in Canada

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-488

  Birmingham, C Laird ^a   Muller, Jennifer L ^a   Palepu, Anita ^a   Spinelli, John J ^a,b   Anis, Aslam H ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0033596692     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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