Incentives in obesity and health insurance

Inquiry

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 418-432

  Kelly, Inas Rashad ^a   Markowitz, Sara ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 76649094291     PISSN: 00469580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.4.418     Document Type: Article

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