Appendicitis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 526-530

  Chavda, S K ^a   Hassan, S ^b   Magoha, G A O ^b  

^a Kilifi District Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644959141     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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