Analysis of 1089 burn patients in province of Kurdistan, Iran

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 569-574

  Groohi, Bahram ^a   Alaghehbandan, Reza ^a   Lari, Abdolaziz Rastegar ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Iran; Kurdistan; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036768270     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00099-2     Document Type: Article

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