Volunteers in plastic surgery guidelines for providing surgical care for children in the less developed world

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2477-2486

  Schneider, William J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Politis, George D ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Gosain, Arun K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Migliori, Mark R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Cullington, James R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Peterson, Elizabeth L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Corlew, D Scott ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Wexler, Andrew M ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Flick, Randall ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Van Beek, Allen L ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}  

^a Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Abbott Northeastern Hospital   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Interplast ^*  (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SURGERY, PLASTIC; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 79958697347     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3182131d2a     Document Type: Article

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