Health and economic burden of obesity in elderly individuals with asthma in the United States

Population Health Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 186-191

  Shah, Ruchit ^a   Yang, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CLINICAL CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84930592792     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2014.0089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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