The effects of body mass index on complications and mortality after emergency abdominal operations: The obesity paradox.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  American Journal of Surgery

• Publication date

  2017-02-13

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.01.023PMID 28219624
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