Low vitamin D in candidates for bariatric surgery: Are the Americans better off than the French?

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 948-949

  Van Der Schueren, Bart ^a   Green, Nicole ^a   Gorroochurn, Prakash ^a   Teixeira, Julio ^a   Altiner, Sinan ^a   Laferrère, Blandine ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AMERICAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FRENCH LANGUAGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBID OBESITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SUN EXPOSURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN INTAKE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 79960240249     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-011-0439-5     Document Type: Letter

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