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The costs of overweight and obesity-related diseases in the Brazilian public health system: cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Obesity is a major global epidemic and a burden to society and health systems. It is well known risk factor for a number of chronic medical conditions with high morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to provide an estimate of the direct costs associated to outpatient and inpatient car...

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Autores principales: Bahia, Luciana, Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire, Barufaldi, Laura Augusta, de Azevedo Abreu, Gabriela, Malhão, Thainá Alves, Ribeiro de Souza, Camila Pepe, Araujo, Denizar Vianna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3416687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22713624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-440