Burden of disease attributable to obesity and overweight in Korea

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1661-1669

  Park, J H ^a   Yoon, S J ^b   Lee, H ^c   Jo, H S ^d   Lee, S I ^e   Kim, Y ^a   Kim, Y I ^a   Shin, Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^e University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disability adjusted life year (DALY); Korea; Overweight; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CATARACT; CHOLECYSTITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLECYSTITIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33750443946     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803321     Document Type: Article

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