Sick leave days and costs associated with overweight and obesity in germany

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 20-27

  Lehnert, Thomas ^a   Stuhldreher, Nina ^a   Streltchenia, Pawel ^a   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^b   König, Hans Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Universities of Leipzig   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATRICARIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SICK LEAVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894087972     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000065     Document Type: Article

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