Smartphone applications (Apps) for bariatric surgery

Obesity Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1669-1672

  Connor, Katie ^a   Brady, Richard R W ^a   Tulloh, Bruce ^a   De Beaux, Andrew ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BILIOPANCREATIC BYPASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST; DIET; DRUG DOSE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTRIC BALLOON; GASTRIC BANDING; GASTRIC SLEEVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE PHONE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMARTPHONE APPLICATION; STOMACH BYPASS; WEB BROWSER; WEIGHT CONTROL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84884672655     PISSN: 09608923     EISSN: 17080428     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-013-0950-y     Document Type: Letter

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