Earthquake related scald injuries - Experience from the IDF field hospital in Duzce, Turkey

Burns

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-403

  Ad El, D D ^a   Engelhard, D ^a   Beer, Y ^b   Dudkevitz, I ^b   Benedeck, P ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burns; Earthquake; Scald

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HOT WATER; PETHIDINE; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PAIN; SCALD; SEDATION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035371603     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(00)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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