Open versus closed management of burn wounds in a low-income developing country

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 644-647

  Gosselin, Richard A ^a   Kuppers, Beate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Emergency ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Closed treatment; Developing countries; Open exposure treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING;

ADOLESCENT; BANDAGES; BURNS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIERRA LEONE; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44649099139     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.09.013     Document Type: Article

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