ArticlePLoS medicine2006
Building surgical research capacity in Africa: the Ptolemy Project.
Article in PLoS medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Systematic Review of Surgical Literature from Resource-Limited Countries: Developing Strategies for Success.World journal of surgery · 2015Pooled it
- Enhancing Cranio-Maxillofacial Fracture Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Situational Analysis of Essential Surgical Care Management in Iran Using the WHO Tool.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2016Article
- Surgical Care in the Developing World-Strategies and Framework for Improvement.Journal of public health in Africa · 2013Review
- State of surgery in tropical Africa: a review.World journal of surgery · 2011Review
- Low-income countries' orthopaedic information needs: challenges and opportunities.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2010Article
- Surgical task shifting in Sub-Saharan Africa.PLoS medicine · 2009Article
- Global access to literature on trauma.Clinical orthopaedics and related research · 2008Article
Corrections and comments
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4 authors.
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