Surgery in the Horn of Africa: A 1-year experience of an American-sponsored surgical residency in Eritrea

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 749-752

  Khambaty, Fatima M ^a   Ayas, Huda M ^a,b   Mezghebe, Haile M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; ERITREA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ERITREA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955592108     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.2010.125     Document Type: Article

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