The cost of obesity on the Danish health care system;Sygehusomkostninger i forbindelse med svær overvægt

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 169, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 2634-2637

  Worre Jensen, Ann Louise ^a   Jensen, Nicolaj Bjørn ^a   Heitmann, Berit L ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DENMARK; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34548669391     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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