Surgery in a rural hospital: Experience from Northern Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-183

  Ameh, E A ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PROVISION; HEALTH POLICY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; SEPSIS; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

NIGERIA, (NORTH);

EID: 0031808165     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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