Profile of pediatric burns: Indian experience in a tertiary care burn unit

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 351-353

  Ramakrishnan, K Mathangi ^a   Sankar, Janani ^a   Venkatraman, Jayaraman ^a  

^a KANCHI KAMAKOTI CHILDS TRUST HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Burn; Children; Etiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 14944355970     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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