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Retraction notice to Obesity a nd Mortality of COVID-19.Meta-analysis [Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 14/4 (2020) 295-300]
Abdulzahra Hussain
a,⁎, Kamal Mahawar
b, Zefeng Xia
c, Wah Yang
d, Shamsi EL-Hasani
e
Abdulzahra Hussain
aDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, Doncaster, UK,
Honorary Lecturer at Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK
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Kamal Mahawar
bBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal
Hospital, Sunderland, UK
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Zefeng Xia
cUnion Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China
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Wah Yang
dThe First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, 613 Huangpu
Avenue West, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
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Shamsi EL-Hasani
eBariatric Unit, Princess Royal University Hospital, King's
College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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aDoncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals, Doncaster, UK,
Honorary Lecturer at Sheffield University, Sheffield, UK
bBariatric Unit, Department of General Surgery, Sunderland Royal
Hospital, Sunderland, UK
cUnion Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of
Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, Hubei Province,
China
dThe First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, 613 Huangpu
Avenue West, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China
eBariatric Unit, Princess Royal University Hospital, King's
College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
⁎
Corresponding author.
Issue date 2021 January-February.
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This retracts the article "Obesity and mortality of COVID-19. Meta-analysis" in volume 14 on page 295.