Lower limb amputations at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Awori, K O ^a,b   Ating'a, J E O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPUTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447571951     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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