Association between socioeconomic status and burn injury severity

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-490

  Park, Ju Ok ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^b   Kim, Jaiyong ^c   Song, Kyoung Jun ^b   Peck, Michael D ^d,e  

^a Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn injury; Incidence; Severity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CALCULATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SALARY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549130575     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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