Paediatric surgery and anaesthesia in south-western Uganda: a cross-sectional survey.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on June 07, 2010

Authors

Isabeau A Walker1, Apunyo D Obua, Falan Mouton, Steven Ttendo, Iain H Wilson

Author Affiliations

1: Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, WC1N 3JH, England. walkei@gosh.nhs.uk

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