Treatment of infection in burns

Handbook of Burns: Acute Burn Care, Volume 1

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 221-240

  Gauglitz, Gerd G ^a   Shahrokhi, Shahriar ^b   Jeschke, Marc G ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 85026442410     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0348-7_15     Document Type: Chapter

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