Differences in the rates of treatment of severe obesity using bariatric surgery across socioeconomic groups

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 367-368

  Keating, Catherine ^a,b   Backholer, Kathryn ^a   Moodie, Marj ^a,b   Stevenson, Christopher ^b   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; SOCIAL CLASS;

AUSTRALIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84928170279     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: 21686262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2014.3180     Document Type: Letter

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