Contact burns: Is further prevention necessary?

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 472-475

  Alden, Nicole E ^a   Rabbitts, Angela ^a   Yurt, Roger W ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEAT INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; REFERENCE DATABASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCALD; SEX RATIO; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749428692     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000226102.43343.0A     Document Type: Article

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