Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1124-1132 , December 2009

The epidemiology of burn injuries in an Australian setting, 2000–2006

  • Jason Wasiak

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Adult Burns Service and School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 03 9076 4299.
    • ,
  • Anneliese Spinks

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Griffith University, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia
    • ,
  • Karen Ashby

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU), Accident Research Centre, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
    • ,
  • Angela Clapperton

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU), Accident Research Centre, Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
    • ,
  • Heather Cleland

      Affiliations

    • Victorian Adult Burns Service, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Belinda Gabbe

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, The Alfred Hospital, Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00116-8

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.016

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