title: Bariatric surgery is associated with improved long-term survival in severely obese US veterans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maggard-Gibbons
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA VA/Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program, Los Angeles, California, USA.
authors.forename: Aaron J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Dawes
mesh_terms: D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*