Planning for burn disasters: Lessons learned from one hundred years of history

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 622-634

  Barillo, David J ^a   Wolf, Steven ^a  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; DEATH; DISASTER; FIRE; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISTORY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTPATIENT CARE; TERRORISM; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WOUND;

BURNS; DISASTER PLANNING; EXPLOSIONS; FIRES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748997659     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000236823.08124.1C     Document Type: Article

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