Burns in Israel: Demographic, etiologic and clinical trends, 1997-2003

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 659-662

  Haik, Josef ^a   Liran, Alon ^a,b   Tessone, Ariel ^a   Givon, Adi ^a   Orenstein, Arie ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a  

^a Israeli Trauma Group   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burn; Etiology; Prevention; Risk groups; Trends

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JEW; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 34848813225     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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