Firework injuries at a major trauma and burn center: A five-year prospective study

Burns

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 305-310

  Wang, Cheng ^a   Zhao, Ran ^a   Du, Wei Li ^a   Ning, Fang Gang ^a   Zhang, Guo An ^a  

^a Beijing Jishuitan Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Firework injuries; Fireworks; Prevention; Spring Festival Holidays

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL INJURY; CHILD; CHINA; CONTUSION; EYE BURN; FACE BURN; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; GENDER; HAND BURN; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LACERATION; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TRUNK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

FIREWORK INJURIES; FIREWORKS; PREVENTION; SPRING FESTIVAL HOLIDAYS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONTUSIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HOLIDAYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LACERATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893731288     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: 18791409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2013.06.007     Document Type: Article

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