Changing demographics in patients with vascular disease

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-531

  Kwolek, Christopher J ^a   Clagett, G Patrick ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREER CHOICE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649098489     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.075     Document Type: Article

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