Risk factors for burns in children: Crowding, poverty, and poor maternal education

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-41

  Delgado, J ^a   Ramirez Cardich M E ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^a   Lavarello, R ^a   Dahodwala, N ^a   Bazan A V ^b   Rodriguez V ^b   Cama, R I ^a   Tovar, M ^a   Lescano, A ^a  

^a ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL NIÑO   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROWDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERU; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BURNS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROWDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PERU; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 19044392726     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.1.38     Document Type: Article

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