Porcine skin: Friend or foe?

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 739-741

  Chiu, Tor ^a   Pang, Peter ^a   Ying, S Y ^a   Burd, Andrew ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE REPORT; COOKING; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCALD; SKIN; SWINE;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; BURNS; COOKERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 4744360558     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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