Obesity and the use of health care services

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-379

  Bertakis, Klea D ^a   Azari, Rahman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Health care costs; Health care resource use; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 23044514391     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.49     Document Type: Article

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