Mortality trends from burn injuries in Chile: 1954-1999

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 348-356

  Danilla Enei, S ^a   Pasten Rojas J ^a   Fasce Pineda, G ^a   Diaz Tapia V ^a   Iruretagoyena Bruce, M ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Burns; Epidemiology; Incidence; Lethality; Mortality; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC BURN; FATALITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BURNS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2442596236     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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