Area characteristics and determinants of hospitalised childhood burn injury: A study in the city of Cape Town

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Van Niekerk, Ashley ^a,b   Reimers, A ^b   Laflamme, L ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Childhood burn injury; Ecological relationship; Socio physical circumstances

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; RED CROSS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH;

AFRICA; CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 30544446703     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.015     Document Type: Article

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