Predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgery

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-67

  Santry, Heena P ^a   Lauderdale, Diane S ^a   Cagney, Kathleen A ^a   Rathouz, Paul J ^a   Alverdy, John C ^a   Chin, Marshall H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845963799     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000232551.55712.b3     Document Type: Article

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