Sex and mortality of hospitalized adults after admission to an intensive care unit

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-319

  Lipes, Jed ^a   Mardini, Louay ^a   Jayaraman, Dev ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ACUITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACUITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881505445     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2013225     Document Type: Article

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