Inadequacy of BMI as an indicator for bariatric surgery

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-89

  Livingston, Edward H ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GASTRIC BANDING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE BYPASS; MORBID OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STOMACH BYPASS;

EID: 84855414707     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1950     Document Type: Editorial

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