Health care charges associated with physical inactivity, overweight, and obesity

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Anderson, Louise H ^a   Martinson, Brian C ^a   Lauren Crain, A ^a   Pronk, Nicolaas P ^a,c   Whitebird, Robin R ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^b   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Center for Health Promotion Minnesota Department of Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33747846955     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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