Assault and Substance Abuse Characterize Burn Injuries in Homeless Patients
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Burn Care & Research
- Vol. 29 (3), 461-467
- https://doi.org/10.1097/bcr.0b013e31817112b0
Abstract
The homeless are at an increased risk for traumatic injury, but little is known about the injury etiology and outcome of homeless persons who sustainKeywords
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