A seven-year burn unit experience in Kayseri, Turkey: 1996 to 2002

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Coruh, Atilla ^a,c   Gunay, Galip K ^a   Esmaoglu, Aliye ^b  

^a Dept of Plast and Reconstr Surg   (Russian Federation)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^c Alpaslan Mahallesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; FACE BURN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SCALD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX RATIO; TURKEY;

EID: 12144277511     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000150301.80601.95     Document Type: Article

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