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Epidemiology of infant burn in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Abdulla K. Alsalman, Emran A. Algadiem, Maysaa A. Alalwan and Tarek S. Farag
Saudi Medical Journal March 2015, 36 (3) 324-327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.3.10683
Abdulla K. Alsalman
From the Plastic Surgery Department, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
MBBS, FRCS(I)
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Emran A. Algadiem
From the Plastic Surgery Department, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Maysaa A. Alalwan
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Tarek S. Farag
From the Plastic Surgery Department, King Fahad Hospital, Hofuf, Al-Ahsa, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abdulla K. Alsalman, Emran A. Algadiem, Maysaa A. Alalwan, Tarek S. Farag
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