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Practice Guideline
. 2021 Oct;68(8):573-576.
doi: 10.1016/j.endien.2021.02.004. Epub 2021 Nov 18.

Obesity and COVID-19. A necessary position statement

Irene Bretón  1 , Ana de Hollanda  2 , Nuria Vilarrasa  3 , Miguel A Rubio Herrera  4 , Albert Lecube  5 , Javier Salvador  6 , Pedro Pablo García-Luna  7 , Francisco J Tinahones  8 , Raquel Sánchez Santos  9 , Ricardo Gómez Huelgas  10 , Juana Carretero Gómez  11 , Violeta Moizé  12 , José Polo García  13 , Salvador Tranche Iparraguirre  14 , Antonio Fernández-Pro Ledesma  15 , Javier Escalada  16 ; representing SEEN, SEEDO, SECO, SEMI, SEDYN, SEMERGEN, semFYC and SEMG
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Practice Guideline

Obesity and COVID-19. A necessary position statement

Irene Bretón et al. Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr (Engl Ed). 2021 Oct.
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