Income, housing, and fire injuries: A census tract analysis

Public Health Reports

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-154

  Shai, Donna ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HOME ACCIDENT; HOUSING; HUMAN; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; BURN; INCOME; LANGUAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

BURNS; FIRES; HUMANS; INCOME; LANGUAGE; PHILADELPHIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645461064     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 00333549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490612100208     Document Type: Article

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