Burn injury in senior citizens over 75 years of age

Acta Chirurgiae Plasticae

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-23

  Klosová, Hana ^a   Tymonova J ^a   Adamkova M ^a  

^a Traumacentrum FNsP   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Burn trauma; Senior citizens over 75 years of age

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY;

EID: 18144374573     PISSN: 00015423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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