Bariatric surgery: Crossing a body mass index threshold

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 689-691

  Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Tsai, Adam Gilden ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW CALORY DIET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH ANTRUM PROLAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; GASTROPLASTY; LAPAROSCOPY; NOTE;

BODY MASS INDEX; GASTROPLASTY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; OBESITY;

EID: 33646453678     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-9-200605020-00013     Document Type: Editorial

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