Quality surgical care for rural dwellers: The visiting option

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-153

  Mungadi, I A ^a  

^a USMANU DANFODIYO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SURGEON; SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; NIGERIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 23944518420     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0049475054620897     Document Type: Article

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