Discharge against medical advice amongst patients admitted into the Paediatric wards of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
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عنوان ژورنال: Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0302-4660
DOI: 10.4314/njp.v40i1.7