The consequences of obesity on trauma, emergency surgery, and surgical critical care

World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Brown, Carlos V R ^a   Velmahos, George C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 34248175949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-1-27     Document Type: Review

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