A population-based study of the epidemiology of acute adult burn injuries in the Calgary Health Region and factors associated with mortality and hospital length of stay from 1995 to 2004

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 572-579

  Burton, Kirsteen R ^a   Sharma, Vishal K ^b   Harrop, Robertson ^b   Lindsay, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burns; Causes; Epidemiology; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; BURNS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549086863     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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