Untreated surgical conditions: Time for global action

The Lancet

Volumn 380, Issue 9847, 2012, Pages 1040-1041

  Chirdan, Lohfa B ^a   Ameh, Emmanuel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84866500365     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61305-1     Document Type: Note

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