Management of obesity in the writings of soranus of ephesus and caelius aurelianus

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 763-765

  Papavramidou, Niki ^a   Christopoulou Aletra, Helen ^a,b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caelius Aurelianus; Cyclical regimen; Metasyncritic measures; Obesity history; Soranus of Ephesus

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CALORIC RESTRICTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIURESIS; EXERCISE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SWEATING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRITING;

GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; ROMAN WORLD;

EID: 43149123094     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9362-1     Document Type: Short Survey

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