Assault by burning in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 177-183

  Das, Kishore Kumar ^a   Khondokar, M Sazzad ^a   Quamruzzaman, M ^b   Ahmed, Syed Shamsuddin ^a   Peck, Michael ^c,d,e  

^a DHAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^b National Institute of Cancer and Research   (Bangladesh)

^c MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid burn; Assault; Non accidental burn; Torture

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE; SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BANGLADESH; BURN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEFORMITY; DIVORCE; EYE INJURY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTIM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872034579     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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