Paediatric burns: Management problems in a teaching hospital in north western Nigeria

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 114-115

  Uba, A F ^a   Edino, S T ^b   Yakubu, A A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTRACTURE; DUODENUM ULCER; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TETANUS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING; WOUND INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447329874     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507780609374     Document Type: Article

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