Characteristics of burn patients at a major burn center in Shanghai

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1037-1043

  Tang, Keith ^a   Jian, Liu ^b   Qin, Zhang ^b   Zhenjiang, Liao ^b   Gomez, Manuel ^a,c,d   Beveridge, Massey ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; China; Patient characteristics; Shanghai

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHINA; ESCHAROTOMY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750433176     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.03.021     Document Type: Article

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