Obesity medicine: A new specialty in medicine or a focus in endocrinology? Nutrition is the real subspecialty in medicine

Endocrine Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 649-650

  Apovian, Caroline M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; OBESITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84867387622     PISSN: 1530891X     EISSN: 19342403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4158/endp.18.5.y43467v45h52rk2u     Document Type: Editorial

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