Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in obesity

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-

  Bazzocchi, Alberto ^a,b   Diano, Danila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84892409239     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.120149     Document Type: Article

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