Ethnic minorities have equal access to bariatric surgery in the UK and Ireland

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 727-729

  Old, Oliver J ^a   Egan, Richard J ^b   Norton, Sally A ^b   Morgan, Justin D T ^b  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Ethnicity; UK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBID OBESITY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876486152     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0904-4     Document Type: Article

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