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Response to Letter to the Editor: Alcohol Use Disorders and Bariatric Surgery

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  1. Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

    Christine E. Spadola

  2. Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, USA

    Eric F. Wagner

  3. Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration, Government of the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., USA

    Leah M. Varga

  4. Department of Anthropology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, USA

    Jennifer L. Syvertsen

  5. Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA

    Nestor F. De La Cruz Munoz

  6. Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, USA

    Sarah E. Messiah

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Spadola, C.E., Wagner, E.F., Varga, L.M. et al. Response to Letter to the Editor: Alcohol Use Disorders and Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 28, 3306–3307 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3425-3

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