Intestinal obstruction at a provincial hospital in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 440-443

  Muyembe, V M ^a,b   Suleman, N ^a  

^a Central Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034340482     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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