Quality of life, body image, and psychiatric complications in patients with a burn trauma: Preliminary study of the italian version of the burn specific health scale-brief

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-176

  Sideli, L ^a   Prestifilippo, A ^a   Di Benedetto, B ^a   Farrauto, R ^a   Grassla, R ^a   Mule A ^a   Rumeo, M V ^a   Di Pasquale, A ^b   Conte, F ^b   La Barbera, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Plastic Surgery and Burns Therapy Operative Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body image; Psychological health,; Quality of life assessment,

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952172597     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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