Calculation of a new Meeh constant and experimental determination of burn size

Burns

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 607-611

  Gilpin, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BURN; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ABDOMEN; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BACK; BIOMETRY; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; BURNS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN;

EID: 0030474231     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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