The factor age and the recovery of severely burned children

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-44

  Przkora, Rene ^a   Herndon, David N ^a   Jeschke, Marc G ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Body composition; Pediatric burns; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; BONE MASS; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 38049126404     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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