Obesity status and use of general surgery resources

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 963-969

  Finan, Kelly R ^a   Leeth, Ruth R ^a   Ritchie, Gilbert ^b   Vickers, Selwyn M ^a   Hawn, Mary T ^a,c,d  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644811206     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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