Burns
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 432-438 , June 2005

A global study of hospitalized paediatric burn patients

  • Andrew Burd

      Affiliations

    • Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +852 2632 2639; fax: +852 2632 4675.
    • ,
  • Christina Yuen

      Affiliations

    • Burns Project Executive of Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong

,Accepted 18 February 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00081-1

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.02.016

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Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 432-438 , June 2005

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