Epidemiological, demographic, and outcome characteristics of burn injury

Total Burn Care: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pruitt, Basil A ^a   Wolf, Steven E ^a   Mason, Arthur D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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