Adult thermal injuries in New Zealand resulting in death and hospitalization

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Waller, Anna E ^a,b   Marshall, Stephen W ^b,c   Langley D, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burns; Injury; New Zealand; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SCALD; THERMAL INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032078499     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00018-7     Document Type: Article

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