Increases in clinically severe obesity in the United States, 1986-2000

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2146-2148

  Sturm, Roland ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141993655     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.18.2146     Document Type: Article

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