Acute appendicitis in minority communities: An epidemiologic study

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 168-172

  Gerst, Paul H ^a   Mukherjee, Asish ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Albu, Eugene ^a   King, Saundra ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Minorities

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031085873     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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