Costs of metabolic syndrome-related diseases induced by obesity in Taiwan

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 68-73

  Fu, T ^a,b   Wen, T ^c   Yeh, P ^d   Chang, H ^e  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHING YUN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic cost; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 42449129265     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00441.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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