The effect of obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors on expenditures and productivity in the United States

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2155-2162

  Sullivan, Patrick W ^a   Ghushchyan, Vahram ^a   Ben Joseph, Rami H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50649083662     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.325     Document Type: Article

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