Eligibility for bariatric surgery among adults in England: analysis of a national cross-sectional survey

JRSM Short Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Ahmad, Ahmir ^a   Laverty, Anthony A ^a   Aasheim, Erlend ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a   Saxena, Sonia ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Guidelines; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BODY MASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84942594368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20425333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2042533313512479     Document Type: Article

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