A clinico-epidemiologic study of 892 patients with burn injuries at a tertiary care hospital in Punjab, India

Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-11

  Gupta, Ashok K ^a   Uppal, Sanjeev ^a   Garg, Ramneesh ^a   Gupta, Ashish ^a   Pal, Ranabir ^b  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Burn patients; mortality; prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952417103     PISSN: 09742700     EISSN: 0974519X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2700.76820     Document Type: Article

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