Full-thickness burn to the hand from an automobile airbag

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 212-215

  Vitello, William ^a,b   Kim, Michael ^a   Johnson, R Michael ^a   Miller, Sidney ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; SCALP; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0032948607     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199905000-00009     Document Type: Article

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