Traditional bone setting: A risk factor in limb amputation

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 553-555

  Garba, E S ^a   Deshi, P J ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPLINT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GANGRENE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPLINTS;

EID: 0032152682     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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