Juvenile obesity and its association with utilisation and costs of pharmaceuticals - results from the KiGGS study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>According to a national reference, 15% of German children and adolescents are overweight (including obese) and 6.3% are obese. An earlier study analysed the impact of childhood overweight and obesity on different components of direct...
Main Authors: | Wenig Christina M, Knopf Hildtraud, Menn Petra |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/11/340 |
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