Cleft deformities in Zimbabwe, Africa: Socioeconomic factors, epidemiology, and surgical reconstruction

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 385-391

  Pham, Annette M ^a   Tollefson, Travis T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 36849035577     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.9.6.qsp70001     Document Type: Article

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