Epidemiology and mortality of 162 major burns in Kuwait

Burns

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 433-438

  Bang, R L ^a   Ghoneim, I E ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN SHOCK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0030249844     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(96)00015-0     Document Type: Article

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