The effects of incremental costs of smoking and obesity on health care costs among adults: A 7-year longitudinal study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-291

  Moriarty, James P ^a   Branda, Megan E ^a   Olsen, Kerry D ^a   Shah, Nilay D ^a   Borah, Bijan J ^a   Wagie, Amy E ^a   Egginton, Jason S ^a   Naessens, James M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84859774147     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318246f1f4     Document Type: Article

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