The medical-care cost burden of obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-197

  Thompson, David ^a   Wolf, Anne M ^b  

^a i3 Global   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Health care costs; Obesity

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; DATA BASE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW;

COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 0035427946     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789x.2001.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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