Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1001-1007 , May 2008

A census-based analysis of racial disparities in lower extremity amputation rates in Northern Illinois, 1987-2004

  • Joe Feinglass, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Joe Feinglass, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, 676 N St Clair #200, Chicago, IL 60611.
    • ,
  • Shabir Abadin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University Masters in Public Health Degree Program, Chicago, Ill.
    • ,
  • Jason Thompson, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill
    • ,
  • William H. Pearce, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill

Received 28 August 2007 ,Accepted 13 November 2007.

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PII: S0741-5214(07)02119-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.11.072

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 1001-1007 , May 2008

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