Africa has unique and urgent barriers to cleft care: Lessons from practitioners at the pan-african congress on cleft lip and palate

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Adetayo, Oluwaseun ^a   Ford, Rachel ^a   Martin, Mark ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Cleft care; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Craniofacial cleft; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MILLARD TECHNIQUE; NIGERIA; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VON LANGENBECK'S TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84871493675     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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