Burn assault with paint thinner ignition: An unexpected burn injury caused by street children addicted to paint thinner

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-404

  Kulahci, Yalcin ^a   Sever, Celalettin ^a   Noyan, Nurettin ^b   Uygur, Fatih ^a   Ates, Alpay ^a   Evinc, Rahmi ^c   Oksuz, Sinan ^a   Sahin, Cihan ^a   Yuksel, Fuat ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Erzurum Military Hospital   (Turkey)

^c Diyarbak Military Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THINNER;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BODY SURFACE; BURN; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FIRES; HOMELESS YOUTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAINT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLVENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955952637     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318217f87a     Document Type: Article

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