Sepsis as a cause of rising health care casualties in Africa

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 47-48

  Bruijns, Stevan ^a   Green, Rob ^c,d   Wallis, Lee ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEPSIS;

EID: 84866488151     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.04.002     Document Type: Editorial

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