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Metadata
Title
Letter to the Editor
Authors
Mario Morino
Gitana Scozzari
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-013-1136-3

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