Evaluation of the burn wound: management decisions

Total Burn Care

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 119-126

  Pham, Tam N ^a   Gibran, Nicole S ^a   Heimbach, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 77950518322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3274-8.50013-1     Document Type: Chapter

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