Pattern of surgical admissions in Gondar teaching hospital, Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 812-815

  Ghebrat, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0031402045     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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