Club foot treatment in Malawi - A public health approach

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 857-862

  Lavy, C B D ^a   Mannion, S J ^a   Mkandawire, N C ^a   Tindall, A ^a   Steinlechner, C ^a   Chimangeni, S ^a   Chipofya, E ^a  

^a Beit Trust Cure International Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Club foot; Malawi; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC MANIPULATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PLASTER CAST; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; SPLINT;

CLUBFOOT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPLINTS;

EID: 34347250120     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701240169     Document Type: Article

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