TY - JOUR PY - 1993// TI - Specificity and treatment of thermal and inhalation injury following an explosion in a cement manufacturing kiln JO - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries A1 - Xiao, Jingang A1 - Cai, B. R. A1 - Zhao, X. H. SP - 232 EP - 234 VL - 19 IS - 3 N2 - Six patients sustained a unique type of burn injury while working during the manufacture of cement in China. These patients suffered a combination of chemical and thermal injuries with extensive deep burns and inhalation injury, when they were involved in an accidental explosive leakage of cement from a manufacturing kiln. This report discusses the aetiology of the burn injury and the principles of treatment. All of these burns were preventable.

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