The unmet surgical disease burden in the developing world

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9816, 2012, Pages 616-

  Groen, Reinou S ^a,b   Samai, Mohamed ^d   Kamara, Thaim B ^a,c   Kushner, Adam L ^a,e  

^a Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^d Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIERRA LEONE; SURGERY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857216511     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60266-9     Document Type: Letter

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