Pediatric appendicitis rupture rate: disparities despite universal health care
- 30 November 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Pediatric Surgery
- Vol. 43 (11) , 1964-1969
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.05.013
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