Prevalence of surgical conditions in individuals aged more than 50 years:A cluster-based household survey in sierra leone

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 55-61

  Wong, Evan G ^a,b,c   Kamara, Thaim B ^d,e   Groen, Reinou S ^c,f   Zogg, Cheryl K ^b   Zenilman, Michael E ^g,h   Kushner, Adam L ^b,c,i  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

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

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

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

^f JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84923926213     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2620-1     Document Type: Article

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