Pediatric burns in Western Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1106-1110

  Gari, Abdulatif A ^a   Al Ghamdi, Yahya A ^a   Qutbudden, Hamed S ^a   Alandonisi, Munzir M ^a   Mandili, Faisal A ^a   Sultan, Alaa ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CHEMICAL BURN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTICEMIA; TODDLER;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84871879137     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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