Predictors of access to pituitary tumor resection in the United States, 1988-2005

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-265

  Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   Zaidi, Hasan A ^a   Kosztowski, Thomas ^a   Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   Salvatori, Roberto ^a   Chang, David C ^a   Quiñones Hinojosa, Alfredo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; UNITED STATES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68349148684     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0043     Document Type: Article

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