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The demographics of patients affected by surgical disease in district hospitals in two sub-Saharan African countries: a retrospective descriptive analysis
BACKGROUND: There is a growing awareness of the importance of surgical disease within global health. We hypothesised that surgical disease in low income countries predominantly affects young adults and may therefore have a significant economic impact. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed all surgica...
Autores principales: | Grimes, Caris E., Billingsley, Michael L., Dare, Anna J., Day, Nigel, George, Peter M., Kamara, Thaim B., Mkandawire, Nyengo C., Leather, Andy, Lavy, Christopher B. D. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4666885/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26693108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-015-1496-3 |
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