Burn injuries among children from a region-wide paediatric burns unit

British Journal of Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 156-162

  Alnababtah, Khalid M ^a   Davies, Paul ^a   Jackson, Craig A ^a,b   Ashford, Robert L ^a   Filby, Mike ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Psychology Division   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Demographics; Ethnicity; Gender; Incidences

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951685740     PISSN: 09660461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2011.20.3.156     Document Type: Article

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