Burn management in disasters and humanitarian crises

Total Burn Care

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 43-66

  Wachtel, Thomas L ^a   McQueen, K A Kelly ^b,c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Management   (United States)

^c Phoenix Neurological Associates   (United States)

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EID: 77955580751     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-3274-8.50008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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