Risk factors for fires and burns in homebound, urban elderly

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 985-987

  Ehrlich, Amy R ^a   Bak, Rebecca Y ^a   Wald Cagan, Paulette ^a   Greenberg, Debra F ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAP WATER;

AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; BURN; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME ACCIDENT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; FEMALE; FIRES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57149099595     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31818ba1ab     Document Type: Article

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