Nosocomial infection in sulaimani burn hospital, IRAQ

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 177-181

  Qader, A R ^a   Muhamad, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SULAIMANI   (Iraq)

^b Sulaimani Plastic and Burn Hospital ^*  (Iraq)

Author keywords

Burn patients,Sulaimani; Infection,

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952166215     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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