Internal fixation of fractures in a peripheral set-up in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Muyembe, V M ^a  

^a Central Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034342868     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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