A prospective analysis of trash, brush, and grass burning behaviors

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-445

  Wibbenmeyer, Lucy A ^a   Kealey, Gerald P ^a   Young, Tracy L ^b   Newell, Ingrid M ^a   Lewis, Robert W ^a   Miller, Benjamin R ^a   Peek Asa, Corrine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SAFETY;

BURNS; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; IOWA; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 43449084933     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181710835     Document Type: Article

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