State-level estimates of obesity-attributable costs of absenteeism

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1120-1127

  Andreyeva, Tatiana ^a   Luedicke, Joerg ^a   Wang, Y Claire ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NATIONAL HEALTH NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; OBESITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME; WORKPLACE; ECONOMICS; NUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84916211586     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000298     Document Type: Article

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