Rehabilitation needs of persons discharged from an African trauma center.

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Published in Pan Afr Med J on November 07, 2011

Authors

Asare Christian1, Marlís González-Fernández, Robert Samuel Mayer, Andrew J Haig

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Phipps 174, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.

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