Pediatric burns in the Bedouin population in southern Israel

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Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 1842-1847

  Cohen, Arnon D ^a   Gurfinkel, R ^a,b   Glezinger, R ^a,b   Kriger, Y ^a,b   Yancolevich, N ^a,b   Rosenberg, L ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Burns; Children; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHILD; EXPLOSION; FEMALE; FIRE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; ARAB; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ARABS; BURNS; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38149008280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2007.239     Document Type: Article

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