Demographics of pediatric burns in vellore, India

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-54

  Light, Timothy D ^a,d   Latenser, Barbara A ^a   Heinle, Jackie A ^a   Stolpen, Margaret S ^a   Quinn, Keely A ^b   Ravindran, Vinitha ^c   Chacko, Jacob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b Children's Burn Foundation   (United States)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRIC BURN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCALD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59449099397     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318191fc91     Document Type: Article

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