Epidemiologic features of acute appendicitis in Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-268

  Al Omran, Mohammed ^a,b,c,d   Mamdani, Muhammad M ^a   McLeod, Robin S ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SUMMER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 0042969193     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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