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Overcoming obesity: Weight-loss drugs are underused

Amjad Kanj, MD, MPH and Diane Levine, MD, FACP
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 602-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19102
Amjad Kanj
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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vol. 87 no. 10 602-604
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19102
PubMed 
33004320

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Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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0891-1150
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1939-2869
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  • Published online October 1, 2020.

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  1. Amjad Kanj, MD, MPH⇑
  1. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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    Amjad Kanj, MD, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st St. SW, Rochester, MN 55904; kanj.amjad{at}mayo.edu
  1. Diane Levine, MD, FACP
  1. Vice-chair for Education, and Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

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