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Public perception of bariatric surgery

Abdulmalik Altaf and Mohammad M. Abbas
Saudi Medical Journal April 2019, 40 (4) 379-384; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.4.24050
Abdulmalik Altaf
From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
FRCSC, DABS
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Mohammad M. Abbas
From the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
MBBS
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