The influence of body mass index on burn surface area estimated from the area of the hand

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 591-594

  Berry, M G ^a   Evison, D ^a   Roberts, A H N ^a  

^a STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Burn surface area estimation; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOMOGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BURNS; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0034890989     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00145-5     Document Type: Article

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