Global surgery-defining a research agenda

The Lancet

Volumn 372, Issue 9633, 2008, Pages 90-92

  Bickler, Stephen W ^a   Spiegel, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR SURGERY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 46749135113     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60924-1     Document Type: Note

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