Burns comprising 3/4th of home injuries in pre-school children of the rural areas of Ardabil Province, Iran

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 248-251

  Arshi, S ^a   Sadeghi Bazargani, H ^b   Mohammadi, R ^b   Mohammad Zadeh, M Soltan ^a   Rouhi, A ^a   Barak, M ^a  

^a ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Burns; Child injuries; Home safety; Injuries; Scalds

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD INJURY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HOME CARE; HOME SAFETY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALD;

EID: 33947201359     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.248.251     Document Type: Article

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