Burns
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1142-1148 , December 2008

The epidemiology of burns in a medical center in the Caribbean

  • F.A. Frans

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Eerste van der Helststraat 82-2, 1072 NZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • S.O. Keli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Sint Elisabeth's Hospital, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
    • ,
  • A.E. Maduro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sint Elisabeth's Hospital, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

,Accepted 12 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.05.013

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