Surgical admissions to the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 373-378

  Masiira Mukasa, N ^a   Ombito, B R ^a  

^a Rift Valley Surg Consultation Clin   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY; KENYA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIOLENCE; WARD;

EID: 0036629969     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v79i7.8842     Document Type: Article

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