Hot bitumen burns: 92 Hospitalized patients

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 438-441

  Baruchin, Abe M ^a,c   Schraf, S ^a,c   Rosenberg, L ^b,c   Sagi, A A ^b,c  

^a BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Accidents; Burns; Chemical; Etiology; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON; MINERAL; PETROLEUM; TAR;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; EVAPORATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RELATIVE DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0030734074     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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