Gunpowder explosion burns in fireworks factory: Causes of death and management

Burns

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 655-658

  Chen, Xu Lin ^a,b   Wang, Yong Jie ^a   Wang, Chang Rong ^a   Li, Shou Sheng ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burns; Gunpowder explosions; Management; Mortality

Indexed keywords

GUNPOWDER;

ADULT; AGE; AIRWAY; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LUNG BURN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RANDOMIZATION; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL; WOUND;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINA; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 0036844169     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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