Paediatric burns in a rural South African district hospital

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 600-603

  Chopra, Mickey ^a   Kettle, Helen ^b   Wilkinson, David ^a   Stirling, Susy ^a  

^a Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030748272     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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