A statistical approach to evaluate the effects of obesity on health-care expenditure

Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 418-424

  Mancini, Paola ^a   Marotta, Giuseppe ^a   Nazzaro, Concetta ^a   Simonetti, Biagio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food safety; Health care expenditure; Obesity; Social costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872417182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20705948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1285/i20705948v5n3p418     Document Type: Article

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