Editorial Comment

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 405-407

  Garcia, Victor ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BODY MASS; DIABETIC OBESITY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC BANDING; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33646445469     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2005.05.005     Document Type: Editorial

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