Epidemiology and health economics of obesity

Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 506-509

  Seidell, Jacob C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; economics; hip ratio; obesity; overweight; waist

Indexed keywords

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33845366012     PISSN: 13573039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mpmed.2006.09.015     Document Type: Review

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