Childhood burns in Israel: A 7-year epidemiological review

Burns

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 467-472

  Goldman, Sharon ^a   Aharonson Daniel, Limor ^a   Peleg, Kobi ^a  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Burns; Children; Etiology; Infants; Israel; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALD;

BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOLIDAYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 33646099822     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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