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Is it Possible to Train Surgeons for Rural Africa? A Report of a Successful International Program

Author: Stephen Merry

Published in: World Journal of Surgery | Issue 9/2011

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Title: Is it Possible to Train Surgeons for Rural Africa? A Report of a Successful International Program
Author: Stephen Merry
Publication date: 01-09-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: World Journal of Surgery / Issue 9/2011
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-011-1154-z

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