Esophagogastroduodenoscopy in a Public Referral Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi: Spectrum of Disease and Associated Risk Factors

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1074-1082

  Wolf, Lindsey L ^a   Ibrahim, Rahim ^b   Miao, Changchun ^b   Muyco, Arturo ^b   Hosseinipour, Mina C ^a,c   Shores, Carol ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863727678     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1490-7     Document Type: Article

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