Pilot Testing of a Population-based Surgical Survey Tool in Sierra Leone

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 771-774

  Groen, Reinou S ^a,b   Samai, Mohamed ^c   Petroze, Robin T ^d   Kamara, Thaim B ^e   Yambasu, Sahr E ^e   Calland, James F ^d   Kingham, T Peter ^b,f   Guterbock, Thomas M ^d   Choo, Barbara ^g   Kushner, Adam L ^b,h  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^c Connaught Hospital Lightfoot Boston Street ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e Statistics Sierra Leone ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^h NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84863722937     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1448-9     Document Type: Review

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