Epidemiology of burns presenting to an emergency department in Shiraz, South Iran

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-581

  Ansari Lari, Maryam ^a   Askarian, Mehrdad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burn; Epidemiology; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIRE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WINTER; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0042090227     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00066-4     Document Type: Article

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