A retrospective study of etiopathological and preventive factors in a burns unit in Saudi Arabia

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-337

  Mahaluxmivala, S ^a   Borkar, Ajit S ^a,b   Mathur, A ^a   Fadaak, H ^a  

^a King Fahd Specialist Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Shankar Smruti ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SCALD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030745724     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(96)00122-2     Document Type: Article

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