Electrical injuries due to theft of copper

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Curinga, Giuseppe ^a   Pietramaggiori, Giorgio ^b   Scherer, Sandra Saja ^b   Masellis, Alessandro ^a   Gherardini, Giulio ^c   Brancato, Renato ^a   Conte, Francesco ^a   Bistoni, Giovanni ^d  

^a Ospedale Civico e Benfratelli   (Italy)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Private Office   (Italy)

^d POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CATARACT; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; ELECTRIC BURN; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN NECROSIS; THEFT; TISSUE NECROSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; BURNS, ELECTRIC; COPPER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THEFT;

EID: 77649276871     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181d0f50d     Document Type: Article

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