Incidence and risk factors for caesarean wound infection in Lagos Nigeria

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ezechi, Oliver ^a   Edet, Asuquo ^b   Akinlade, Hakim ^c   Gab Okafor, Chidinma ^a   Herbertson, Ebiere ^a  

^a NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^b LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^c Rao Specialist Hospital   (Nigeria)

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EID: 77249093553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-186     Document Type: Article

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