International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 91-97 , September 2008

Management of Elderly Burn Patients

  • Shin-Bin Huang

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Han Chang

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Mackay Medicine, Nursing and Management College, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Wen-Han Chang, 92, Section 2, Chungshan North Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chein-Hsuan Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Tai-En Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ho Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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PII: S1873-9598(08)70044-9

doi: 10.1016/S1873-9598(08)70044-9

International Journal of Gerontology
Volume 2, Issue 3 , Pages 91-97 , September 2008

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