Estimation of age specific incidence rates of childhood burns from a prevalence survey of burn scars

Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-210

  Forjuoh, Samuel N ^a   Keyl, Penelope M ^b,c   Diener West, Marie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood burn scars; Ghana; Incidence rates; Methods

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCAR; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031228151     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.3.3.207     Document Type: Article

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