Bariatric surgery

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7669, 2008, Pages 528-529

  Arterburn, David ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; GASTRIC BANDING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALABSORPTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND; MORBID OBESITY; RISK FACTOR;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 51949114591     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a755     Document Type: Editorial

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