Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 115-120 , March 2004

Establishing a baseline for organisation and outcome in burn care—basic data compiled by German burn centres, 1991–2000

  • R. Büttemeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of General, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Humboldt University, Charité Campus Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20/21, D-10098 Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-30-450-522065; fax: +49-30-450-522911.
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  • M. Steen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Handsurgery, Burns Centre, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Kliniken Bergmannstrost, Halle, Saale, Germany
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  • G. Henkel v. Donnersmarck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Handsurgery, Severe Burns Centre, Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen, München-Bogenhausen, Germany
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  • G. Germann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burns Centre, BG Trauma Centre, Ludwigshafen, Germany
    • Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

,Accepted 1 August 2003.

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PII: S0305-4179(03)00233-X

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.08.008

Burns
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 115-120 , March 2004

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