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Researchers analyze racial disparities in access to bariatric surgery – News-Medical.Net
The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to that treatment, were analyzed in a retrospective study…
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 29 2020
The use of bariatric surgery to treat severe obesity in adolescents, and the racial disparities in access to that treatment, were analyzed in a retrospective study published in Annals of Surgery by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
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