Factors affecting mortality and epidemiological data in patients hospitalised with burns in Diyarbakir, Turkey

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 159-162

  Aldemir, Mustafa ^a   Kara, Ismail Hamdi ^a   Girgin, Sadullah ^a   Güloǧlu, Cahfer ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; ELECTRIC BURN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; SCALD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 30444446671     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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