Economic consequences of the obese

Diabetes

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2668-2672

  Ford Runge, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNDERWEIGHT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WORKPLACE;

COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 35748946267     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: 00121797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/db07-0633     Document Type: Review

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