|Articles|June 1, 2000

June 2000
Volume 6
Issue 6

The Clinical and Economic Burden of Obesity in a Managed Care Setting

Author(s)Gerry Oster, PhD, John Edelsberg, MD, MPH, Amy K. O'Sullivan, BA

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