Influence of overweight and obesity on physician costs in adolescents and adults in Ontario, Canada

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-57

  Janssen, I ^a   Lam, M ^a   Katzmarzyk, P T ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Health expenditures; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICIAN; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 58149148209     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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