Need for paediatric surgery care in an urban area of The Gambia

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Bickler, Stephen W ^a,c   Telfer, Michelle L ^b   Sanno Duanda, Boto ^a  

^a Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital Gambia   (Gambia)

^b United States Peace Corps   (Gambia)

^c UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAMBIA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0344838604     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300212     Document Type: Article

References (5)

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5. Bickler SW, Sanno-Duanda B. Epidemiology of pediatric surgical admissions to a government referral hospital in The Gambia. Bull World Health Organ, 2000;78:1330-6.