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Factors associated with mortality and morbidity among pediatrics with burn injuries in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Zainab Alnjeidi, Nesrin Alharthy, Suliman Alghnam and Motasim Badri
Saudi Medical Journal May 2022, 43 (5) 508-513; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.5.20210923
Zainab Alnjeidi
From the Department of Prevention and Research (Alnjeidi), National Family Safety Program; from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alharthy), College of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Badri), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Population Health Section (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Nesrin Alharthy
From the Department of Prevention and Research (Alnjeidi), National Family Safety Program; from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alharthy), College of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Badri), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Population Health Section (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Suliman Alghnam
From the Department of Prevention and Research (Alnjeidi), National Family Safety Program; from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alharthy), College of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Badri), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Population Health Section (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Motasim Badri
From the Department of Prevention and Research (Alnjeidi), National Family Safety Program; from the Department of Emergency Medicine (Alharthy), College of Applied Medical Sciences; from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Badri), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and from the Population Health Section (Alghnam), King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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