Bariatric surgery in the new millennium

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 919-922

  Livingston, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; KNOWLEDGE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MONITORING; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SMOKING; SURGEON;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; HUMANS; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348978675     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.142.10.919     Document Type: Editorial

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