Pediatric burns: Management of thermal, electrical, and chemical burns and burn-like dermatologic conditions

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 367-378

  Smith, Mark L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MAFENIDE ACETATE; PETROLEUM; PHENOL; PHOSPHORUS; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ELECTRIC INJURY; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

EID: 0034046650     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20000601-10     Document Type: Review

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