The Alberta population-based prospective evaluation of the quality of life outcomes and economic impact of bariatric surgery (APPLES) study: background, design and rationale

BACKGROUND: Extreme obesity affects nearly 8% of Canadians, and is debilitating, costly and ultimately lethal. Bariatric surgery is currently the most effective treatment available; is associated with reductions in morbidity/mortality, improvements in quality of life; and appears cost-effective. How...

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Autores principales: Padwal, Raj S, Majumdar, Sumit R, Klarenbach, Scott, Birch, Dan W, Karmali, Shahzeer, McCargar, Linda, Fassbender, Konrad, Sharma, Arya M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2964692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20932316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-10-284

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