Using the inflammatory cell infiltrate to estimate the age of human burn wounds: A review and immunohistochemical study

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-126

  Tarran, Sarah ^a   Langlois, Neil E I ^b,d   Dziewulski, Peter ^c   Sztynda, Tamara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Westmead Department of Forensic Medicine   (Australia)

^c St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 33646493369     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.46.2.115     Document Type: Review

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