Socioeconomic costs of overweight and obesity in Korean adults

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1533-1540

  Kang, Jae Heon ^a,b   Jeong, Baek Geun ^c   Cho, Young Gyu ^a,b   Song, Hye Ryoung ^d   Kim, Kyung A ^b  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Eulji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Direct costs; Indirect costs; Obesity; Overweight; Socioeconomic costs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863034143     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.12.1533     Document Type: Article

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