Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 540-545 , May 2008

Paediatric burns caused by other children

Received 21 May 2006 ,Accepted 17 January 2007.

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PII: S1748-6815(07)00030-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.01.010

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 61, Issue 5 , Pages 540-545 , May 2008

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