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Data on life sciences discussed by researchers at Northwestern University
Published in Blood Weekly, June 12th, 2008
"Given improvements in care for peripheral vascular disease and diabetes over the last two decades, it was of interest whether racial disparities in lower extremity amputation rates had changed. Hospital data for 18 years (1987-2004) were used to compute above, below, and through foot amputation rates for over eight million people living in the Chicago metropolitan area," scientists in the United States report.
"Three areas were created from zip code level census data. Differences in amputation rates were compared between residents of zip code areas that were >50% African American, 10% to 5 0% African American, or < 10% African American. The largely African...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2008-06-12)
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