Trend of small intestinal volvulus in North Western Ethiopia

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 549-552

  Ghebrat, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMALL INTESTINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIET; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 0032149688     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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