Racial differences in rates of severe sepsis

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1556-

  Vinnard, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LETTER; NEGRO; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEPSIS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; RISK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RISK; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957896683     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1441     Document Type: Letter

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