Towards a national burns disaster plan

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 174-177

  Rogers, A D ^a   Price, C E ^a   Wallis, L A ^b,c   Rode, H ^a  

^a RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b Division of Emergency Medicine   (South Africa)

^c WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

BURNS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 83155181948     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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