Characteristics of burn deaths from 2003 to 2009 in a burn center: A retrospective study

Burns and Trauma

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-86

  Chen, Jian ^a   Yan, Hong ^a   Luo, Gaoxing ^a   Luo, Qizhi ^a   Li, Xiaolu ^a   Zhang, Jiaping ^a   Yuan, Zhiqiang ^a   Peng, Daizhi ^a   Peng, Yizhi ^a   Hu, Jianian ^a   Wu, Jun ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Burns; death; multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930626354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23213876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2321-3868.118933     Document Type: Article

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