Estimation of breast burn size

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1591-1597

  Hidvegi, Natasha ^a,b   Nduka, Charles ^a,b   Myers, Simon ^a,b   Dziewulski, Peter ^a,b  

^a Broomfield Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST INJURY; BURN; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; BREAST; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BODY SURFACE AREA; BREAST; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 2442507698     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000117189.75066.97     Document Type: Article

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