Acid burns from personal assault in Uganda

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 78-81

  Asaria, J ^a   Kobusingye, O C ^b   Khingi, B A ^b   Balikuddembe, R ^b   Gomez, M ^c   Beveridge, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assault; Burns; Chemical burns; Developing countries; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; BODY SURFACE; CAMBODIA; CAUSTIC BURN; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UGANDA;

EID: 0346968161     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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