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. 2005 Aug;242(2):290.
doi: 10.1097/01.sla.0000172096.61839.e2.

Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients

Adam Gilden Tsai, Thomas A Wadden
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Surgery decreases long-term mortality, morbidity, and health care use in morbidly obese patients

Adam Gilden Tsai et al. Ann Surg. 2005 Aug.
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