Epidemiologic, economic, and sociologic aspects of hernia surgery in the United States in the 1990S

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 941-951

  Rutkow, I M ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; FEMORAL HERNIA; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HERNIA; HERNIOPLASTY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INGUINAL HERNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGEON; UMBILICAL HERNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032422574     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70363-7     Document Type: Article

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