Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 682-685 , June 2007

Resuscitation of thermal injuries in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Received 21 July 2006 ,Accepted 3 September 2006.

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☆ This work was presented in part at the British Burns Association meeting on the 28th April 2005.

PII: S1748-6815(07)00006-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2006.09.003

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 60, Issue 6 , Pages 682-685 , June 2007

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