Cement-related injuries: Review of a series, the national burn repository, and the prevailing literature

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 827-834

  Chung, Joseph Y ^a   Kowal Vern, Areta ^b   Latenser, Barbara A ^a   Lewis II, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; AWARENESS; BURN; BURN UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36048983103     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181599bb1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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