BET 1: Assessing the size of burns: Which method works best?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 664-666

  Hussain, Saiqa ^a   Ferguson, Craig ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SURFACE; BURN; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ADULT; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKIN;

ADULT; BURNS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RESUSCITATION; SKIN;

EID: 69249086979     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.081380     Document Type: Note

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