Inhalation injury as a prognostic factor for mortality in burn patients;Les lésions par inhalation comme facteur pronostique de la mortalité des bûrulés

Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 82-88

  El Helbawy, R H ^a   Ghareeb, F M ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Inhalation injury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961190831     PISSN: 11211539     EISSN: 15929566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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