Household survey in sierra leone reveals high prevalence of surgical conditions in children

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1220-1226

  Groen, Reinou S ^a,b,c   Samai, Mohamed ^d   Petroze, Robin T ^e   Kamara, Thaim B ^f   Cassidy, Laura D ^g   Joharifard, Shahrzad ^h   Yambasu, Sahr ⁱ   Nwomeh, Bennedict C ^a,j   Kushner, Adam L ^a,k  

^a Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d College of Medicine and Allied Health Science ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

ⁱ Statistics Sierra Leone ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^j NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84877732381     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-1996-7     Document Type: Review

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