Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1340-1347 , December 2009

An evaluation of gender and racial disparity in the decision to treat surgically arterial disease

Received 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 19 July 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01562-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.07.089

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 1340-1347 , December 2009

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