Ten-year Brisbane experience in petrol burns: A preventable health burden

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 597-601

  Gough, J ^a   Cheng, E S ^a   Pegg, S P ^a  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burns; Injury; Mortality; Petrol; Survival

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ERROR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; THEORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33745184684     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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