Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 114-125 , March 2010

Gender Disparities in Medical Expenditures Attributable to Hypertension in the United States

  • Rituparna Basu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Rituparna Basu, PhD, 3333 California Street, Suite 420, Box #0613, San Francisco, CA 94118.
    • ,
  • Luisa Franzini, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Patrick M. Krueger, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
    • University of Colorado, Boulder, Population Program, Colorado
    • ,
  • David R. Lairson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.12.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 114-125 , March 2010

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