Postoperative adhesive small bowel obstruction: The resources impacts

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1099, 1999, Pages 421-423

  Alwan, Majeed H ^b   Van Rij, André M ^a   Greig, Simon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADHESIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033550094     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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