Burns
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 673-679 , August 2010

The optimal duration and delay of first aid treatment for deep partial thickness burn injuries

  • Leila Cuttle

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Burns and Trauma Research Group, University of Queensland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Rd, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 3636 9067; fax: +61 7 3365 5455.
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  • Margit Kempf

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Burns and Trauma Research Group, University of Queensland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Rd, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
    • ,
  • Pei-Yun Liu

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Burns and Trauma Research Group, University of Queensland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Rd, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia
    • ,
  • Olena Kravchuk

      Affiliations

    • University of Queensland, School of Land, Crop and Food Science, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
    • ,
  • Roy M. Kimble

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital Burns and Trauma Research Group, University of Queensland, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston Rd, Herston, Queensland 4029, Australia

,Accepted 10 August 2009.

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PII: S0305-4179(09)00461-6

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.08.002

Burns
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 673-679 , August 2010

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