The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 11 , Pages 1036-1042 , November 2010

Risk of Suicide after Long-term Follow-up from Bariatric Surgery

  • Hilary A. Tindle, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Hilary A Tindle, MD, MPH, Department of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
    • ,
  • Bennet Omalu, MD, MPH, MBA

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Davis
    • ,
  • Anita Courcoulas, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Marsha Marcus, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Jennifer Hammers, DO

      Affiliations

    • Office of Chief Medical Examiner, The City of New York, New York
    • ,
  • Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa

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 Funding: This publication was made possible by a grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH Roadmap for Medical Research (KL2 RR024154-05, Dr. Tindle). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH. Information on NCRR is available at http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/. Information on Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise can be obtained from http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/clinicalresearch/overview-translational.asp.

 Conflict of Interest: There are no conflicts of interest to report.

 Author: All authors had access to the data and had a role in writing the manuscript.

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.06.016

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 123, Issue 11 , Pages 1036-1042 , November 2010

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