Bum area color changes after superficial burns in childhood: Can they be predicted

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-49

  De Chalain, T M B ^a   Tang, C ^a   Thomson, H G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MALE; MELANOCYTE; SCALD; SKIN COLOR; SUN EXPOSURE;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031913488     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199801000-00010     Document Type: Article

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