Industrial burns in Jamshedpur, India: Epidemiology, prevention and first aid

Burns

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 444-447

  Sunder, S ^a,b   Bharat, R ^a  

^a TATA MAIN HOSPITAL   (India)

^b A 129 New Professional Flats ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Industrial burns; Prevention

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032143926     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(98)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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