Appendicitis: Higher risk in Mexican Americans?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 237-243

  Lawrence, Valerie A ^a,b   Tuley, Michael R ^b   Diehl, Andrew K ^a   Page, Carey P ^b   Dhanda, Rahul ^b  

^a Division of General Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Hispanics; Mexican Americans; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0030224427     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.1996.9961792     Document Type: Article

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