Building Surgical Research Capacity in Africa: The Ptolemy Project

Miliard Derbew; Massey Beveridge; Andrew Howard; Niall Byrne

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030305

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Building Surgical Research Capacity in Africa: The Ptolemy Project

Miliard Derbew ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: milliard.derbew@utoronto.ca
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Massey Beveridge,
Andrew Howard,
Niall Byrne

Building Surgical Research Capacity in Africa: The Ptolemy Project

Miliard Derbew,
Massey Beveridge,
Andrew Howard,
Niall Byrne

Published: July 11, 2006
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030305

About the Authors

Miliard Derbew: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: milliard.derbew@utoronto.ca
Massey Beveridge
Andrew Howard
Niall Byrne

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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