The direct and indirect costs of both overweight and obesity: A systematic review

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dee, Anne ^a   Kearns, Karen ^b   O'Neill, Ciaran ^c   Sharp, Linda ^d   Staines, Anthony ^e   O'Dwyer, Victoria ^b   Fitzgerald, Sarah ^b   Perry, Ivan J ^b  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Direct costs; Health care costs; Indirect costs; Lost productivity costs; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY;

COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 84899898677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-242     Document Type: Article

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