Model System:

Burn

Reference Type:

JA

Accession No.:

Journal:


Journal of Burn Care & Research

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

, 28, 1, 21-28

Publication Website:

Abstract:

The purpose of this study was to identify specific premorbid factors and injury characteristics associated with intentional burn injuries and to compare outcomes for individuals injured by assault and those with unintentional injuries. Participants sustaining major burns from May 1994 to August 2005 and consenting to a multisite, prospective, longitudinal outcome study were included. Etiology of the injury was classified as intentional (i.e., assault) or unintentional. Subjects

Author(s):


Kaufman, M.S., Graham, C.C., Lezotte, D., Fauerbach, J.A., Gabriel, V., Engrav, L.H., Esselman, P.

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