Collaboration in Outreach: The Kumasi, Ghana, Model

Brittany J. Behar; Oheneba Owusu Danso; Boutros Farhat; Vincent Ativor; Joshua Abzug; Donald H. Lalonde

doi:10.1016/j.hcl.2019.07.009

Collaboration in Outreach: The Kumasi, Ghana, Model

Brittany J. Behar, Oheneba Owusu Danso, Boutros Farhat, Vincent Ativor, Joshua Abzug, Donald H. Lalonde

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-434
Number of pages	6
Journal	Hand Clinics
Volume	35
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hcl.2019.07.009
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019

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Surgery
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

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