Bariatric surgery- Not to be taken lightly

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-3

  Taheri, Shahrad ^a,b   Kumar, Harish ^a   Bridgwater, Sue ^a   Barnett, Anthony ^a,b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58549100279     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2008.080355     Document Type: Editorial

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