Burn prevention programs for children: Do they reduce burn-related hospitalizations?

Burns

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 347-350

  Peleg, Kobi ^a   Goldman, Sharon ^a   Sikron, Fabienne ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Infants; Israel; Prevention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944343521     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.10.028     Document Type: Article

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