Adult burn injuries in an Emergency Department in Central Anatolia, Turkey: A 5-year analysis

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 571-577

  Avşaroǧullari, Levent ^a,b   Sözüer, Erdoǧan ^a   Ikizceli, Ibrahim ^a   Kekeç, Zeynep ^a   Yürümez, Yusuf ^a   Özkan, Seda ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b G Nesibe Mh M Akif Cd   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adult; Burns; Emergency; Injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICIAN; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0042591171     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(03)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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