Burns
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 538-546 , June 2009

The evaluation of a clinical scar scale for porcine burn scars

  • Xue-Qing Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Level 3, Foundation Building, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane 4029, Australia. Tel.: +61 7 3365 5019; fax: +61 7 3365 5455.
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  • Olena Kravchuk

      Affiliations

    • Biometrics Unit of School of Land, Crop and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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  • Pei-Yun Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • Margit Kempf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • Carolina V.D. Boogaard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • Peter Lau

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • Leila Cuttle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
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  • Julie Mill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia
    • ,
  • Roy M. Kimble

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Queensland, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane 4029, Australia

,Accepted 13 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.10.005

Burns
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 538-546 , June 2009

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