Preventing burns in the elderly: A guide for home healthcare professionals

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 561-573

  Grant, Ernest J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BURN; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888210955     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NHH.0000436217.56972.58     Document Type: Article

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