Domestic fire injuries treated in New Zealand hospitals 1988-1995

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1112, 2000, Pages 245-247

  Duncanson, Mavis ^a   Woodward, Alistair ^a   Langley, John ^a   Clements, Mark ^b   Harris, Ricci ^b   Reid, Papaarangi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dunedin School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIRE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034705274     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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