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Trauma unit admissions at the Ugandan National Referral Hospital: a descriptive study

BACKGROUND: Injuries are a neglected epidemic globally accounting for 9% global deaths; 1.7 times that of HIV, TB and malaria combined. Trauma remains overlooked with key research and data focusing on infectious diseases yet Uganda has one of the highest rates of traumatic injury. We described demog...

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Autores principales:	Luggya, Tonny Stone, Ngabirano, Annet Alenyo, Sarah, Richardson, Mabweijano, Jackie, Osire, John, Achieng, Lilian, Nabulime, Josephine, Bangirana, Alex
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Makerere Medical School 2022
Materias:	Articles
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9382519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36032438 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v22i1.49

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