Economic consequences of overweight and obesity in Asia-Pacific

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-9

  Reinhold, Thomas ^a   von Schultzendorff, Adrian ^a   Müller Riemenschneider, Falk ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Costs; Economic burden; Epidemic; Obesity; Overweight; Productivity loss

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; JAPAN; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN;

EID: 79954648743     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2011.02.004     Document Type: Review

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