Obesity and its comorbidities: Present and future importance on health status in Switzerland

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 78-86

  Neilson, Aileen ^a   Schneider, Heinz ^a  

^a HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Health implications; Obesity; Overweight; Population attributable factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLSTONE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 18144370019     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-004-4066-y     Document Type: Article

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