Burden of surgical disease: Does the literature reflect the scope of the international crisis?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 893-898

  Taira, Breena R ^a   Kelly McQueen, K A ^b   Burkle Jr , Frederick M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CANCER SURGERY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE DISEASE; GENERAL SURGERY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROSURGERY; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BURNS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRICS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORTHOPEDICS; PEDIATRICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRAUMATOLOGY; WORLD HEALTH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67349281947     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-9981-x     Document Type: Article

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