Epidemiology of burn injuries presenting to North Carolina emergency departments in 2006-2007

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 776-782

  DeKoning, Elisha P ^a   Hakenewerth, Anne ^b   Platts Mills, Timothy F ^a   Tintinalli, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Emergency medicine; Epidemiology; Thermal burns

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC INJURY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT TRANSFER; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651020804     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.09.012     Document Type: Article

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