Burn mortality: Recent trends and sociocultural determinants in rural India

Burns

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-275

  Batra, Anil K ^a,b  

^a Govt Medical College   (India)

^b Opp Date College   (India)

Author keywords

Burns; Mortality; Rural India; Sociocultural determinants

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TORTURE;

EID: 0037404060     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(02)00306-6     Document Type: Article

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