Metabolic-Bariatric Surgery: An Emerging Specialty
After the end of the second world war, the world saw a significant period of growth and prosperity unlike any previously. By the 1950s, morbid obesity was proving to be a clinical problem in many developed societies in Europe and North America. Diet, lifestyle and medication alone did not appear to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/201010581202100307 |