War burns: The blow and the cure

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 388-395

  Eldad, Arieh ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; MAFENIDE; MUSTARD GAS; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHORUS; SILVER NITRATE; STREPTOMYCIN;

ALLOGRAFT; BATTLE INJURY; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL; WAR;

EID: 0036658316     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(02)00239-0     Document Type: Article

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