A profile of hospital-admitted paediatric burns patients in South Africa

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Parbhoo, Asha ^a   Louw, Quinette A ^a   Grimmer Somers, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 77954198993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-165     Document Type: Article

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