Older adults and burns

Geriatrics and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 270-275

  Davidge, Kristen ^a   Fish, Joel ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c St Johns Rehabilitation Hospital   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burn depth; Burn injury; Geriatric; Mortality; Older adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249087404     PISSN: 14888408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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