The Unrecognized Epidemic of Electronic Cigarette Burns

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 220-224

  Ramirez, Jesus I ^a,b   Ridgway, Catherine A ^c   Lee, Jeanne G ^c   Potenza, Bruce M ^c   Sen, Soman ^a,b   Palmieri, Tina L ^a,b   Greenhalgh, David G ^a,b   Maguina, Pirko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPIDEMIC; EXCISION; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND CARE; BURN UNIT; CALIFORNIA; DEVICES; EXPLOSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CALIFORNIA; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85022053663     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000472     Document Type: Article

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