Burns
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 548-554 , August 2005

The café fire on New Year's Eve in Volendam, the Netherlands: description of events

  • L. Welling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, P.O. box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 2 05663171; fax: +31 2 06914858.
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  • S.M. van Harten

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • P. Patka

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • J.J.L.M. Bierens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • M. Boers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • J.S.K. Luitse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, P.O. box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  • D.P. Mackie

      Affiliations

    • Burns Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, the Netherlands
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  • A. Trouwborst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • Deceased.
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  • D.J. Gouma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, P.O. box 22660, 1100 DD, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
    • ,
  • R.W. Kreis

      Affiliations

    • Burns Centre, Red Cross Hospital, Beverwijk, the Netherlands

,Accepted 11 January 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00037-9

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.01.009

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 548-554 , August 2005

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