The last 10 years in a burn centre in Ankara, Turkey: An analysis of 5264 cases.

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 584-590

  Türegün, Murat ^a   Sengezer, Mustafa ^a   Selmanpakoglu, Naki ^a   Çeliköz, Bahattin ^a   Nisanci, Mustafa ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burn analysis; Burn centre; Burn etiology; Ten years

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344222225     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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