Epidemiology of burns admitted to Ain Shams University Burns Unit, Cairo, Egypt

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-358

  Hemeda, Mostafa ^a   Maher, Ashraf ^a   Mabrouk, Amr ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLAME BURN; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCALD; SPRING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; WINTER; WORK;

EID: 0038360769     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00044-5     Document Type: Article

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