Trauma life support education: A didactic and caprine laboratory course for Nigerian physicians

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 329-331

  Tortella, B J ^a,f   Swan, K G ^a   Donahoo, J S ^a   Tischler, C ^a   Marangu, J A Makena ^b,c   Orjiako, A B C ^d   Sharples, C ^b   Swan, B C ^a   Hill, D W ^e  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SAIDIA for the Children of Africa   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d National Orthopaedic Hospital Lagos   (Nigeria)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INJURY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGERIA; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SURGEON; THORAX DRAINAGE;

EID: 0029977453     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00229-4     Document Type: Article

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