Untreated surgical conditions in Sierra Leone: A cluster randomised, cross-sectional, countrywide survey

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9847, 2012, Pages 1082-1087

  Groen, Reinou S ^a,b,c   Samai, Mohamed ^d   Stewart, Kerry Ann ^e   Cassidy, Laura D ^f   Kamara, Thaim B ^d,g,h   Yambasu, Sahr E ⁱ   Kingham, T Peter ^a,j   Kushner, Adam L ^k  

^a OverSeas   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Infectious Diseases Unit   (Sierra Leone)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SIERRA LEONE   (Sierra Leone)

ⁱ Sierra Leone   (Sierra Leone)

^j MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIERRA LEONE; SURGERY;

EID: 84866494403     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61081-2     Document Type: Article

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