The 1996 Presidential Address: Burns of the world

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 477-484

  Munster, Andrew M ^a  

^a Baltimore Regional Burn Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BURN; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BURNS; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029805030     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199611000-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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