An audit of provincial gastroenterology services in the Western Cape

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 68-72

  Watermeyer, G ^a   Van Wyk, M E C ^a   Goldberg, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 49749119561     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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