A Crucial Role for Surgery in Reaching the UN Millennium Development Goals
Author:
- The PLoS Medicine EditorsTEThe PLoS Medicine Editors
Open Access
- 26 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS Medicine
- Vol. 5 (8) , e182
Abstract
ThePLoS Medicine Editors lay out five important reasons why providing surgery should be considered a global public health priority.Keywords
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