Obesity, Cigarette Smoking and the Cost of Physicians’ Services in Ontario

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Murray M. Finkelstein
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[1] Mt Sinai Hospital,Family Medicine Centre
[2] McMaster University,Department of Family Medicine
[3] University of Toronto,Department of Family and Community Medicine
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Canadian Journal of Public Health | 2001年 / 92卷
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Background: This report uses population-based individual-level data to compute direct estimates of the costs of physicians’ services in Ontario in relation to Body Mass Index (BMI) and smoking.
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