The improvement of quality of life in patients treated with bariatric surgery in Korea

Journal of the Korean Surgical Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Oh, Sung Hee ^a   Song, Hyun Jin ^a,b   Kwon, Jin Won ^a,c   Park, Do Joong ^d   Lee, Yeon Ji ^e   Chun, Hyejin ^f   Kim, Sunyoung ^f   Shim, Kyung Won ^f  

^a National Evidence Based Healthcare Collaborating Agency   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Obesity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876112560     PISSN: 12260053     EISSN: 20930488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/jkss.2013.84.3.131     Document Type: Article

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