Economic costs of obesity in Thailand: A retrospective cost-of-illness study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pitayatienanan, Paiboon ^a,b   Butchon, Rukmanee ^b   Yothasamut, Jomkwan ^b   Aekplakorn, Wichai ^c   Teerawattananon, Yot ^b   Suksomboon, Naeti ^a,b   Thavorncharoensap, Montarat ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cost of illness; Economic; Obesity; Overweight; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THAILAND;

ABSENTEEISM; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND;

EID: 84905005474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-146     Document Type: Article

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