Mortality associated with burn injury- A cross sectional study from Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ibran, Ehmer Al ^a   Mirza, Farhat Hussain ^b   Memon, Akhtar Amin ^b   Farooq, Muhammad Zain ^b   Hassan, Maryum ^b  

^a DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Burn Injury; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84904230738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-545     Document Type: Article

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