The economic cost of physical inactivity in China

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-78

  Zhang, Juan ^a   Chaaban, Jad ^b  

^a Chinese Center for Decease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economic cost; Non Communicable Diseases; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Population Attributable Risk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STROKE;

EID: 84871982490     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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