Epidemiologic analysis of patients with burns presenting to the burn units of a University Hospital Network in Turkey

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-169

  Kut, Altug ^a   Basaran, Ozgur ^a   Noyan, Turgut ^a   Arda, I Serdar ^a   Akgün, H Seval ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a,b  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BURN; CHILD; DATA BASE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY;

EID: 33745413039     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000197061.60593.F8     Document Type: Article

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