Burns due to acid assaults in Sri Lanka

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 781-785

  Karunadasa, Kolitha P ^a   Perera, Chandini ^a   Kanagaratnum, V ^a   Wijerathne, Upul P ^a   Samarasingha, I ^a   Kannangara, Chinthaka K ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; NITRIC ACID; SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BURN EXCISION; BURN PATIENT; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE BURN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; REHABILITATION CARE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SRI LANKA; THORAX INJURY;

ACIDS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SRI LANKA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77957569158     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181eed228     Document Type: Article

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