Cause of death in patients awaiting bariatric surgery

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-18

  Lakoff, Joshua M ^a   Ellsmere, James ^b   Ransom, Tom ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OBESITY, MORBID; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NOVA SCOTIA; OBESITY, MORBID; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84930192805     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.002914     Document Type: Article

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