Burns
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 382-385 , 1 June 2001

A study of burn injuries in the elderly in a regional burn centre

  • W.S Ho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852-26322639; fax: +852-26377974
    • ,
  • S.Y Ying

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong
    • ,
  • H.H Chan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

,Accepted 9 October 2000.

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Burns
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