Disparities in liver transplantation for localized hepatocellular carcinoma: Race or socioeconomic class?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1839-1840

  Haque, Mahmudul ^a   Zariat, Asheen ^a  

^a Lakeland Regional Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; LIVER TUMOR; NOTE; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50649111402     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01959_7.x     Document Type: Letter

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