Male gender is a risk factor for major infections after surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 935-940

  Offner, Patrick J ^a   Moore, Ernest E ^a   Biffl, Walter L ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0032843844     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.9.935     Document Type: Article

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