Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 673-678 , September 2005

Medical management after indoor fires: A review

  • L. Welling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, 1100 DD, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Academic Medical Centre, 1100 DD, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 20 5663171; fax: +31 20 6914858.
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  • S.M. van Harten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • P. Patka

      Affiliations

    • Department 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 and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • J.S.K. Luitse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, 1100 DD, P.O. Box 22660, 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 Centre, 1100 DD, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • D.J. Gouma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, 1100 DD, P.O. Box 22660, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • R.W. Kreis

      Affiliations

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

,Accepted 29 April 2005.

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PII: S0305-4179(05)00146-4

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.04.027

Burns
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 673-678 , September 2005

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