Obstacles to surgical services in a rural cameroonian district hospital

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1208-1215

  Ilbawi, André M ^a   Einterz, Ellen M ^b   Nkusu, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hôpital de District de Kolofata   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84877739973     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-1977-x     Document Type: Article

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