Obesity, weight loss and bariatric surgery

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 310-314

  O'Brien, Paul E ^a   Brown, Wendy A ^a   Dixon, John B ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SIBUTRAMINE; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM CARE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORTALITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 25144508953     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07061.x     Document Type: Article

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