Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 111-114 , March 2010

First-aid Home Treatment of Burns Among Children and Some Implications at Milas, Turkey

  • Banu Karaoz, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationFor correspondence, write: Banu Karaoz, MSN, RN, Nursing Department, Trakya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Edirne, Turkey 22000

Received 3 September 2009 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 15 December 2009.

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PII: S0099-1767(09)00609-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2009.12.018

Journal of Emergency Nursing
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 111-114 , March 2010

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