Disparities in access to neuro-oncologic care in the United States

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-253

  Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   Zaidi, Hasan A ^a   Kosztowski, Thomas ^a   Chaichana, Kaisorn L ^a   Brem, Henry ^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; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TUMOR BIOPSY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951073861     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2009.288     Document Type: Article

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