Effectiveness of a burn prevention campaign for older adults

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 445-451

  Tan, Jensen ^a   Banez, Carol ^b   Cheung, Yvonne ^c   Gomez, Manuel ^c   Nguyen, Huy ^a   Banfield, Joanne ^c   Medeiros, Lina ^b   Lee, Ruth ^b   Cartotto, Robert ^c   Fish, Joel S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BATH; BURN; CANADA; COOKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4744370995     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000138293.18189.25     Document Type: Article

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