Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review
Open Access
- 20 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 10 (1), 83
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-83
Abstract
Burn injuries remain one of the leading causes of injury morbidity and mortality in the World Health Organization's East Mediterranean Region. To provide an overview on the epidemiology of burn injuries in this region, a systematic review was undertaken.This publication has 72 references indexed in Scilit:
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