Nationally representative household survey of surgery and mortality in Sierra Leone

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1829-1835

  Kwon, Steve ^a   Groen, Reinou S ^b,c   Kamara, Thaim B ^d   Cassidy, Laura D ^e   Samai, Mohamed ^f   Yambasu, Sahr E ^g   Kushner, Adam L ^b,h  

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

^b Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^c ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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

^g Statistics Sierra Leone ^*  (Sierra Leone)

^h Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SIERRA LEONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880829855     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2035-4     Document Type: Article

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