Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 16-21 , January 2010

Perceived barriers to bariatric surgery among morbidly obese patients

Presented as a poster at the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Held on June 15–20, 2008, Washington, DC.

Received 16 September 2008 ,Revised 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 4 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.07.006

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 16-21 , January 2010

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