The cost-effectiveness of Australia's active after-school communities program

Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1585-1592

  Moodie, Marjory L ^a   Carter, Robert C ^a   Swinburn, Boyd A ^a   Haby, Michelle M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Public Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; OBESITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOL;

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHOOLS;

EID: 77955055495     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.401     Document Type: Article

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