Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 717-720 , September 2005

Elderly patients discharged home from the emergency department with minor burns

  • Amy R. Ehrlich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Division of Geriatrics, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. Tel.: +1 718 920 7563; fax: +1 718 653 3154.
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  • Suruchii Kathpalia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Yael Boyarsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Alan Schechter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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  • Polly Bijur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

,Accepted 8 December 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00005-7

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.12.008

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 717-720 , September 2005

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