"blitz surgery": Redefining surgical needs, training, and practice in sub-saharan Africa

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 433-437

  Nthumba, Peter M ^a  

^a AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 77949272178     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0256-3     Document Type: Article

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