Changing trends of an endemic trauma

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-656

  Ahuja, Rajeev B ^a   Bhattacharya, Sameek ^a   Rai, Ashish ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Burn endemic; Burn epidemiology; Burn incidence; Burn mortality

Indexed keywords

LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN UNIT; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIETY; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; INDIA; MALE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349286853     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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