Follow up of patients after open heart surgery

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 675-678

  Ogendo, S W O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032233540     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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