Burn epidemiology: The patient, the nation, the statistics, and the data resources

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-25

  LaBorde, Pam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ASSAULT; BIOSTATISTICS; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; ELECTRIC BURN; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FIRE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; INJURY SCALE; LUNG BURN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342509553     PISSN: 08995885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2003.10.003     Document Type: Review

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