Estimating operative disease prevalence in a low-income country: Results of a nationwide population survey in Rwanda

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Petroze, Robin T ^a,b   Groen, Reinou S ^c,d   Niyonkuru, Francine ^b   Mallory, Melissa ^e   Ntaganda, Edmond ^b   Joharifard, Shahrzad ^f   Guterbock, Thomas M ^a   Kushner, Adam L ^d,g   Kyamanywa, Patrick ^b   Calland, J Forrest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASES; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIVE DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875218433     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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