Critical care resources in the Solomon Islands: A cross-sectional survey

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Westcott, Mia ^a   Martiniuk, Alexandra L C ^b,c,d,e   Fowler, Robert A ^d,e   Adhikari, Neill K J ^d,e   Dalipanda, Tenneth ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f Public Health and Primary Health Care   (Solomon Islands)

Author keywords

Critical care; Critical illness; Lower and middle income countries; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY; LOWER AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OXIMETER; PNEUMONIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857522430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-122376229     Document Type: Article

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