Burns
Volume 35, Issue 8 , Pages 1086-1091 , December 2009

Assessing the impact of missing data in evaluating the recovery of minor burn patients

  • Vidya Finlay

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Krischelle Burke

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Claire van de Ruit

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Ramona Lapuz

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Michael Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Royal Perth Hospital, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Fiona Wood

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Dale Edgar

      Affiliations

    • Burns Service of Western Australia, Royal Perth Hospital, McComb Foundation of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Tel.:stra Burns Outcome Centre, Level 11 – Wellington St Campus, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 6847, Australia.

,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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