Chemical burns as assault injuries in Jamaica

Burns

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 154-155

  Branday, J ^a   Arscott, G D L ^a   Smoot, E Clyde ^b   Williams, G D ^a   Fletcher, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHEMICAL BURN; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0030048297     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(95)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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