Grease burns of the hand: Preventable injuries

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 351-355

  Bill, Timothy J ^a   Bentrem, David J ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Edlich, Richard F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cooking oil; grease burn; hypertrophic scar; prevention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN EXCISION; CASE REPORT; COOKING; FEMALE; GLOVE; HAND BURN; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

EID: 0029884710     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-4679(96)00032-7     Document Type: Article

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