Fire walking in Singapore - A study of the distribution of burns

Burns

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-507

  Sayampanathan, Andrew A ^a  

^a Anglo Chinese Junior College   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burns; Classification; Fire walking; Mechanism of injury

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; FIRE WALKING; FOOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BURNS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952701603     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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