Burns treatment for children and adults: A study of initial burns first aid and hospital care

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1163, 2002, Pages

  Skinner, Adrian ^a   Peat, Bruce G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCALD; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER IMMERSION; WOUND DRESSING; ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANDAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LENGTH OF STAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037064356     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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