Burns
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 343-346 , May 2010

Descriptive and inferential statistical methods used in burns research

  • Sammy Al-Benna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Buerkle-de-la Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 234 302 6135.
    • ,
  • Yazan Al-Ajam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Benjamin Way

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Lars Steinstraesser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Centre, BG University Hospital Bergmannsheil, Ruhr University Bochum, Buerkle-de-la Camp Platz 1, 44789 Bochum, Germany

,Accepted 21 April 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00140-5

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.030

Burns
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