Increased incidence of perforated appendixes in Hmong children in California

N Engl J Med. 2001 Mar 29;344(13):1023-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200103293441316.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Appendicitis / ethnology*
  • Appendicitis / therapy
  • Asia, Southeastern / ethnology
  • California / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Communication Barriers
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Intestinal Perforation / ethnology*
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / ethnology
  • Time Factors