Considerations for thermal injury: The elderly as a sensitive population

Textbook of Aging Skin

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 159-171

  Bjerke, Donald L ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 84863790774     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89656-2_16     Document Type: Chapter

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