Acute appendicitis in a Kenyan rural hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 355-357

  Willmore, W S ^a   Hill, A G ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035411356     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v78i7.9007     Document Type: Article

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