Burns and injuries from non-electric-appliance fires in low- and middle-income countries. Part II. A strategy for intervention using the Haddon Matrix

Burns

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 312-319

  Peck, Michael D ^a   Kruger, Gerebreg E ^b   van der Merwe, Anna E ^c   Godakumbura, Wijaya ^b   Oen, Irma M M ^d   Swart, Dehran ^e   Ahuja, Rajeev B ^f  

^a The Arizona Burn Center   (United States)

^b Rozenhof Court ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid   (Netherlands)

^e Unit 11   (South Africa)

^f LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Flame stove; Liquid petroleum gas (LPG); Non pressure stove; Pressure stove; Primus stove

Indexed keywords

KEROSENE;

AIR CONDITIONING; BURN; CAREGIVER; COOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; GOVERNMENT; HEATING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FIRES; FOSSIL FUELS; HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40849134208     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2007.08.009     Document Type: Review

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