Improving the Quantitative Basis of the Surgical Burden in Low-Income Countries

Theo Vos discusses how surgery is beginning to be considered an essential component of primary health care in low-income countries, and how we need to improve our understanding of the burden of surgical conditions in these settings.

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Autor principal: Vos, Theo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19771153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000149
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spelling pubmed-27389622009-09-22 Improving the Quantitative Basis of the Surgical Burden in Low-Income Countries Vos, Theo PLoS Med Essay Theo Vos discusses how surgery is beginning to be considered an essential component of primary health care in low-income countries, and how we need to improve our understanding of the burden of surgical conditions in these settings. Public Library of Science 2009-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2738962/ /pubmed/19771153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000149 Text en Theo Vos. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19771153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000149
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