Population-based assessment of burn injury in southern Iowa: Identification of children and young-adult at-risk groups and behaviors

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 192-202

  Wibbenmeyer, Lucy Ann ^a   Amelon, Margery Josephine ^a   Torner, James Corydon ^b   Kealey, Gerald Patrick ^a   De Mola, Rebecca Marie Loret ^a   Lundell, John ^b   Lynch, Charles F ^b   Aspelund, Thor ^b   Zwerling, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIRE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SCALD;

EID: 0037962070     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000075968.37894.7C     Document Type: Article

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