Reduced Hospitalisation of burns patients following a multi-media campaign that increased adequacy of first aid treatment

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-85

  Skinner, Adrian M ^a   Brown, Tim La H ^a   Peat, Bruce G ^a   Muller, Michael J ^a  

^a MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burn size; Burns first aid treatment; Hospitalisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BURN; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRST AID; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIMEDIA; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; WOUND CARE;

EID: 0347599023     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.09.009     Document Type: Article

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