Epidemiology and outcome of burns: Early experience at the country's first national burns Centre

Burns

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 358-362

  Iqbal, Tariq ^a   Saaiq, Muhammad ^a   Ali, Zahid ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burn injuries; Burns; Burns Care Centre; Epidemiology; Islamabad; Pakistan; Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CASE STUDY; CHILD; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873739649     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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