Economic costs of abdominal obesity

Obesity Facts

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 146-154

  Højgaard, Betina ^a   Olsen, Kim Rose ^a   Søgaard, Jes ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^b   Gyrd Hansen, Dorte ^a,c  

^a Dansk Sundhedsinstitut   (Denmark)

^b Centre for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health care costs; Obesity; Prevention; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 61849156226     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000137822     Document Type: Article

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