Review of oesophageal foreign bodies in Harare Central Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 355-357

  Ali, A ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0033137288     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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