Determining the approximate area of a burn: An inconsistency investigated and re-evaluated

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7042, 1996, Pages 1338-

  Perry, R J ^a   Moore, C A ^a   Morgan, B D G ^b   Plummer, D L ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAND; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029948694     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7042.1338     Document Type: Article

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