Burns: The importance of prevention

Injury Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-244

  Rivara, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; HUMAN; NOTE;

BURNS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034548646     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.6.4.243     Document Type: Editorial

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